Steven Richter
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| Nationality | German | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 April 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Discus throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | Discus: 74.00m (Ramona, 2026) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Steven Richter (born 5 April 2003) is a German discus thrower. The 2026 European Throwing Cup and 2025 European under-23 champion, he competed at the 2023 and 2025 World Athletics Championships and was a silver medalist at the 2025 University Games.[1]
Biography
[edit]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]
In September 2025, he competed in the discus throw at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, without advancing to the final.[13][14] After placing small bets on athletics totalling €40, he received a three-month suspended ban from the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), backdated to September 2025, with a "lack of education on betting" rules considered as "one of several mitigating factors in arriving at the sanctions" alongside early admission, genuine remorse, and having previously possessed a clean disciplinary record. His Germany teammate Henrik Janssen received an identical suspended ban.[15]
In February 2026, he won the men’s discus with 64.25m at the German Outdoor Throwing Championships, finishing ahead of Kagnes.[16][17] He won the discus title at the 2026 European Throwing Cup in Nicosia, Cyprus, with a throw of 67.29 metres.[18] On 9 April, he threw 74.00 metres and 73.96 m in Ramona, Oklahoma as part of a sequence of five throws over 70 metres to move to fourth on the world all-time list.[19] In August, he competed at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, in the discus throw.[20]
Personal life
[edit]He is a student at Chemnitz University of Technology.[12]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Steven Richter". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ↑ Treptow, Thomas (19 April 2024). "Mit guten Nerven und breitem Kreuz: Diskushüne Steven Richter nimmt Weltrekord als Ansporn". Freiepresse.de. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ↑ "Hull and Hobbs run area records, Kerley claims 400m win at Sydney Track Classic". World Athletics. 12 March 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ↑ "World lead! 66.60m for Rodrigues to triumph in the discus in Leiria". World Athletics. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023". World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ↑ "Tuthill wins historic gold for Ireland at European Throwing Cup". European Athletics. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ↑ "Bergen 2025 - Men's Field Preview". European Athletics. 12 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ↑ "World record! 75.56m for Alekna in Ramona". European Athletics. 14 April 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ↑ "German throwers in commanding form on opening morning session in Bergen". European Athletics. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ↑ "European Athletics U23 Championships". World Athletics. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ↑ "Gold für Mika Sosna, Silber für Steven Richter". 22 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- 1 2 "Rhine-Ruhr 2025: Team Studi reaches new heights in athletics". adh.de. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
- ↑ "76 für Tokio: Das deutsche WM-Team steht". Leichtathletik.de. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ↑ "Track and field athletes punished for betting on teammates at world and European champs". yahoo.com. 29 January 2026. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ↑ Broadbent, Chris (23 February 2026). "Thumm, Richter, Loga and Frantzeskakis shine in winter throwing competitions". European Athletics. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
- ↑ "Winterwurf-DM am Sonntag: Nick Thumm und Steven Richter mit starken Weiten". Leichtthletik. 22 February 2026. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
- ↑ Mills, Steven (14 March 2026). "Richter sets a European lead of 67.29m to win the discus title at European Throwing Cup". European Athletics. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ↑ "Denny and Richter reach 74 metres in Ramona". World Athletics. 9 April 2026. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
- ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 August 2026. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
European Athletics U23 Championships champions in men's discus throw | |
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