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Born | Berlin, Germany [1] | 3 July 1989||||||||||||||||||||
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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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]
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]
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Born | Berlin, Germany [1] | 3 July 1989||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
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. [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]
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]