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| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 April 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Discus throw | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Discus: 69.61m (Ramona, 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Steven Richter (born 5 April 2003) is a German discus thrower. A European under-23 champion, he competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships. [1]
From Gelenau, he is a member of LV 90 Erzgebirge. [2] He won the men's U23 event at the 2023 European Throwing Cup in Leiria, Portugal with a personal best throw of 64.23m. [3]
He retained his men's U23 title at the 2024 European Throwing Cup in Leiria, improving throughout the competition with his final throw being 61.00 metres. [4] He competed for Germany at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, but did not reach the final of the men's discus throw. [5]
He won the men's U23 event at the 2025 European Throwing Cup in Nicosia, Cyprus, winning the competition initially with a 60.46m before improving with a 60.72m throw with the competition's final throw. [6] He threw a personal best 69.61m in Ramona, Oklahoma in April 2025. [7] [8]
He won the gold medal at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, leading a German 1-2-3 in the event, ahead of compatriots Mika Sosna and Marius Karges. [9] [10] He won the silver medal behind Sosna at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum. [11] [12]
He was selected for the German team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [13]
He is a student at Chemnitz University of Technology. [12]
European Athletics U23 Championships champions in men's discus throw | |
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