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Steven Richter
German athlete (born 2003) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Career
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]
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Personal life
He is a student at Chemnitz University of Technology.[12]
References
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