Elena Richter (born 3 July 1989) is a retired German archer. She contested the 2012 Summer Olympics 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 Val d'Isère, and became Germany's first female winner of an Archery World Cup 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 Lisa Unruh. In 2019, she also won the gold medal in the women's individual event at the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China.

Elena Richter

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

Elena Richter

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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

Elena Richter