Richard Ringer

{{Short description|German long-distance runner (born 1989)}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Richard Ringer

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| nationality = German

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|02|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Überlingen, West Germany

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| height = {{height|m=1.82}}

| weight = {{convert|63|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| sport = Athletics

| event = Long-distance running

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| club = LC Rehlingen[https://lcrehlingen.de/verein/athleten/richard-ringer LC Rehlingen: Richard Ringer]

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{{Medal|Sport|Men's athletics}}

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{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2022 Munich|Marathon}}

{{Medal|Silver|2022 Munich|Marathon Team}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2016 Amsterdam|5000 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|European Indoor Championships}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2017 Belgrade|3000 m}}

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Richard Ringer (born 27 February 1989 in Überlingen) is a German athlete specialising in long-distance and cross-country running.{{World Athletics}} He won the bronze medal at the 2013 Summer Universiade, and finished fourth at the 2014 European Championships and fifth at the 2015 European Indoor Championships. His greatest success is his victory in the Marathon at the 2022 European Championships in Munich.

Competition record

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colspan="6"|Representing {{GER}}
2007

|European Junior Championships

|Hengelo, Netherlands

|13th

|5000 m

|15:16.03

2008

|World Junior Championships

|Bydgoszcz, Poland

|16th (h)

|1500 m

|3:50.77

2011

|European U23 Championships

|Ostrava, Czech Republic

|7th

|5000 m

|14:24.86

2013

|Universiade

|Kazan, Russia

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|5000 m

|13:37.18

2014

|European Championships

|Zürich, Switzerland

|4th

|5000 m

|14:10.92

rowspan=2|2015

|European Indoor Championships

|Prague, Czech Republic

|5th

|3000 m

|7:48.44

World Championships

|Beijing, China

|14th

|5000m

|14:03.72

rowspan=2|2016

|European Championships

|Amsterdam, Netherlands

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|5000 m

|13:40.85

Olympic Games

|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|38th (h)

|5000 m

|14:05.01

rowspan=2|2017

|European Indoor Championships

|Belgrade, Serbia

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|3000 m

|8:01.01

World Championships

|London, United Kingdom

|32nd (h)

|5000 m

|13:36.87

rowspan=2|2018

|World Indoor Championships

|Birmingham, United Kingdom

| –

|3000 m

|DQ

European Championships

|Berlin, Germany

| –

|10,000 m

|DNF

2019

|World Championships

|Doha, Qatar

|30th (h)

|5000 m

|13:49.20

2021

|Olympic Games

|Sapporo, Japan

|26th

|Marathon

|2:16:08

2022

|European Championships

|Munich, Germany

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|Marathon

|2:10:21

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

References