Elena Richter (born 3 July 1989) is a retired

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. She contested the

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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

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, and became Germany's first female winner of an

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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

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. In 2019, she also won the gold medal in the women's individual event at the

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held in Wuhan, China. Richter announced her retirement from archery in August 2020 after the

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were postponed due to the

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Richter, Elena 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 Competitors at the 2013 World Games Archers at the 2019 European Games World Games medalists in archery 21st-century German women