Victoria "Vicky" Opitz (5 June 1988 in Madison, Wisconsin) is an American rower and four-time world champion in the eights. After retaining her world title in 2015, she was officially ranked #5 female rower in the world.World Rowing, Athlete rankings, Top ten females
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Rowing career

Opitz began rowing in 2006 at the University of Wisconsin. In 2011, she graduated in political science and communication. She lived and trained in Princeton, New Jersey. She now coaches lightweight rowing at the University of Wisconsin. Her international debut in the USA eight resulted in victory at the Rowing World Cup in 2013 in

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and was followed by victory at the

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in Chungju, South Korea.

References

Victoria Opitz
at USRowing * 1988 births Living people American female rowers Sportspeople from Madison, Wisconsin University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States 21st-century American women {{US-rowing-bio-stub