Sergey Richter

Sergey Richter was born in 1989 in Kharkiv

Richter was born in Kharkiv, in Soviet Ukraine, on 23 April 1989. His mother Svetlana was a figure skater and his father Alexander was a wrestler. The family immigrated to Bat Yam, Israel, in 1996 and later moved to Rehovot.

He attended Wizo High School in Rehovot. He began shooting through a Gadna program and trained with Hapoel Rehovot. He did his military service at the Kirya base.

In 2009 he won gold at the ISSF World Cup in Munich, tying the junior world record with 599 points. In 2011 he became the first Israeli athlete to qualify for the London Olympics, where he finished 9th. He won the European Championship in 2013 and gold at the 2019 European Games.

He finished 14th at the 2016 Rio Olympics, 27th in Tokyo 2020 and 33rd in Paris 2024. He trains at the Herzliya range and is a member of Maccabi Ra'anana. He is married to Natalie and they have twin girls.