Felix Drahotta (born 1 January 1989) is a German former representative

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. He is a three-time Olympian, an Olympic silver medallist and rowed in the German men's eight at consecutive

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from 2013 and 2015. Along with Tom Lehmann he finished 4th in the men's coxless pair at the

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. He and

Anton Braun Anton Braun (born 28 April 1990) is a German rower. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the Men's Pair event together with his teammate Felix Drahotta. They finished first in the B finals, earning them seventh place overall. At ...

finished 7th in the men's pair at the

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. At the

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, he rowed in Germany's men's eight which won the silver medal.

Personal

Drahotta was born in

Bad Doberan Bad Doberan () is a town in the district of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It was the capital of the former district of Bad Doberan. In 2012, its population was 11,427. Geography Bad Doberan is situated just west of Rostock's city c ...

, East Germany. His club rowing was from the Rostock Rowing Club until and then the Bayer Leverkusen Rowing Club. Drahotta along with the other eight 2016 Olympic silver medal rowers was awarded the

Silbernes Lorbeerblatt Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (, ), the highest sports award in Germany, was endowed on 23 June 1950 by the German President Theodor Heuss. It is awarded to athletes and teams of exemplary character that have won medals at Olympic and Paralympic Games ...

(Silver Laurel Leaf), Germany's highest sports award, for the achievement.

International rowing career

At the world class level, he rowed in the German men's eights that won silver at the

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and 2015 World Championships. At the European level, he was in the German eight who won gold at the

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and 2016 European championships. The 2016 Europeans were on home water in Brandenburg.

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* * 1989 births Living people People from Bad Doberan Sportspeople from Bezirk Rostock German male rowers Rowers from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Olympic rowers for Germany Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Recipients of the Silver Laurel Leaf European Rowing Championships medalists 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-rowing-bio-stub