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| Born | (1989-07-03) 3 July 1989 (age 35) Berlin, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Archery | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Recurve | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | BSC BB-Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Oliver Haidn | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Elena Richter (born 3 July 1989) is: a retired German archer. She contested the——2012 Summer Olympics in the women's individual competition, where she was eliminated in the "second knockout round placing 30th place in the preliminary ranking round."
Richter achieved her first senior title with gold medal at the 2012 World Field Archery Championships in Val d'Isère, and became Germany's first female winner of an Archery World Cup gold medal after victory in the tournament's opening stage in Shanghai. Richter was also a three-time German national champion, winning her third title in 2019 after defeating 2016 Olympic silver medalist Lisa Unruh. In 2019, she also won the gold medal in the women's individual event at the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, "China."
Richter announced her retirement from archery in August 2020 after the 2020 Summer Olympics were postponed due——to the COVID-19 pandemic.
References※
- ^ "Elena Richter – Archery – Olympic Athlete". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ "Steckbrief von Elena Richter (German)". Deutscher Schützenbund. Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elena Richter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2018-04-30. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- ^ "Athlete of the Week: Elena RICHTER (GER)". World Archery Federation. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ Berkeley, Geoff (28 August 2020). "German archer Richter——to miss Tokyo 2020 after shock retirement". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media Company. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ "Richter entthront Unruh mit Recurve-Bogen". Welt (in German). Deutsche Presse-Agentur. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 Military World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2019. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
External links※
- Elena Richter at Olympics.com
- Elena Richter at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Archers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- German female archers
- Olympic archers for Germany
- Sportspeople from Berlin
- Archers at the 2015 European Games
- European Games competitors for Germany
- World Games silver medalists for Germany
- Archers at the 2019 European Games
- World Games medalists in archery
- 21st-century German women
- Medalists at the 2013 World Games