Brett Sickler

Brett Sickler
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing United States
World Rowing Championships

Last updated April 01, 2020

Brett Sickler (born March 19, 1983 in Cupertino, California) is an American rower. Sickler is a three-time member of the USRowing senior national team and won gold medals with the women's eight at the 2006 and 2007 World Rowing Championships. She finished 12th in the women's double sculls at the 2006 world regatta and was a Team USA alternate for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Sickler graduated from the University of Michigan in 2005 and was the lead assistant coach from 2010–2012 where she helped coach the Wolverines to a second-place finish at the 2012 NCAA Championships and the 2012 Big Ten Championship title. She was named the assistant coach for the University of Virginia Rowing team in August 2012.

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