Sergey Richter

Early and personal life Richter was born in Kharkiv in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union, immigrated with his family to Bat Yam, Israel when he was a six-year-old boy in 1996, and has lived in Rehovot and Kfar Saba, Israel. He is Jewish and an Israeli citizen. Richter attended Wizo High School, in Rehovot. He said: "It was terrible. It is impossible to describe in words how difficult it is to deal with when it is at your home... In my conversations with him, he asked me not to stop and continue in the sport, but it was very difficult for me." He then trained with Hapoel Rehovot. He is coached by Israeli three-time Olympian Guy Starik and Yevgeni Aleinikov. His club is Maccabi Ra'anana Shooting Club.

His qualification score of 599 points out of 600 was one point short of the world record, and tied the junior world record. Richter won with 701.7 points. In June 2010, he came in fourth in the men's 10 metre air rifle final at the 2010 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in Belgrade, Serbia, missing the bronze medal by one-tenth of a point. In June 2011, he was ranked fifth in the world by the ISSF. He received a two-point deduction for being late to the final, which moved him down from second and a silver medal, to seventh place. He won a silver medal at the 2011 Changwon, South Korea, World Cup, with 597 points, becoming the first Israeli athlete to qualify for the London Olympics.

2012 London Olympics Richter competed on behalf of Israel at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in men's 10 metre air rifle, having qualified by earning a quota place. He missed the finals by one point, coming in 9th out of 30 competitors, with 8 shooters making it into the final. After the Olympics, he planned to complete his military service, and to study graphic design. In April 2013, he won a silver medal at a 2013 World Cup tournament in Changwon, South Korea, in 10m Air Rifle. In 2013 and 2014 he also won bronze medals at World Cup tournaments in Fort Benning, Georgia.

At the 2016 Baku World Cup, Richter won a bronze medal in 10m Air Rifle individual.

2019–20; European Games champion On 24 June 2019, Richter took the gold medal at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus, for Israel in the Men's 10m Air Rifle.

At the 2020 European Championship in Wrocław, Poland, Richter won a bronze medal in the 10m Air Rifle individual.

At a World Cup in Rio de Janeiro in 2022, Richter won a silver medal in 10m Air Rifle Men. His rifle is engraved with the Israeli flag and the letters ISR. The Israeli Shooting Association told the Indonesian organizers: "Either we participate with a flag, or all the other countries participate without a flag just like us."

Richter represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in Men's 10 metre air rifle. He ranked 13th in the Olympic rankings prior to the competition.

Current world record in 10 m air rifle Current world records held in 10 m Air Rifle Junior Men