Elena_Richter

Elena Richter

Elena Richter

German archer (born 1989)

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