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]
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| Born | 3 July 1989 Berlin, Germany[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Archery | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Recurve | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | BSC BB-Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Oliver Haidn | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 edit
- ^ a b c d "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.
- ^ a b 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 edit
- Elena Richter at Olympics.com
- Elena Richter at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)