Elena Richter

Elena Richter (born 3 July 1989) is a retired German archer.[2] She contested the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's individual competition,[1] where she was eliminated in the second knockout round placing 30th place in the preliminary ranking round.[3]

Elena Richter
Personal information
Born (1989-07-03) 3 July 1989
Berlin, Germany[1]
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight67 kg (148 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryGermany
SportArchery
Event(s)Recurve
ClubBSC BB-Berlin
Coached byOliver Haidn
Medal record
Women's recurve archery
Representing  Germany
World Field Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Val d'Isère Individual
World Games
Silver medal – second place 2013 Cali Individual

Richter achieved her first senior title with gold medal at the 2012 World Field Archery Championships in Val d'Isère,[4] and became Germany's first female winner of an Archery World Cup gold medal after victory in the tournament's opening stage in Shanghai.[5] Richter was also a three-time German national champion, winning her third title in 2019 after defeating 2016 Olympic silver medalist Lisa Unruh.[6] In 2019, she also won the gold medal in the women's individual event at the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China.[7]

Richter announced her retirement from archery in August 2020 after the 2020 Summer Olympics were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Steckbrief von Elena Richter (German)". Deutscher Schützenbund. Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  3. 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.
  4. "Athlete of the Week: Elena RICHTER (GER)". World Archery Federation. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  5. 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.
  6. "Richter entthront Unruh mit Recurve-Bogen". Welt (in German). Deutsche Presse-Agentur. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  7. "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 Military World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2019. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
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