Editing Annegret Richter

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{{Medal|Competition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]]|[[Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]]|[[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres|100 metres]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]]|[[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres|200 metres]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]]|[[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1971 European Athletics Championships|1971 Helsinki]]|[[1971 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 m relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1974 European Athletics Championships|1974 Rome]]|[[1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 m relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Country |[[File:Europe (orthographic projection).svg|20px]] [[Europe]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Cup|World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1977 IAAF World Cup|1977 Düsseldorf]] | 4 × 100 m relay}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1979 IAAF World Cup|1979 Montreal]] | 4 × 100 m relay}}
{{Medal|Bronze| [[1979 IAAF World Cup|1979 Montreal]] | 100 metres}}
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'''Annegret Richter''' (born 13 October 1950) is a German (former [[West Germany|West German]]) [[Athletics (sport)|athlete]] and the 1976 [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[100 metres|100&nbsp;m]] champion.<ref name=sr/>

==Biography==
Born '''Annegret Irrgang''', she won her first international title at the [[1971 European Athletics Championships|1971 European Championships]], as a part of her country's [[4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100&nbsp;m relay]] team. The next year, at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] in [[Munich]], she finished 5th in the 100&nbsp;m, in front of her home crowd. As she had married [[Hurdling|hurdler]] Manfred Richter, she now ran under that name. With the relay team, Richter ran a new [[List of world records in athletics|world record]], beating rivals [[East Germany]] for the gold medal.<ref name=sr>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173349/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/annegret-richter-1.html Annegret Richter]. sports-reference</ref>

She took the 60 meter title at the European Indoor Championships in 1973. After taking a bronze in 1971 and a silver in 1972 (over 50 meters).

At the [[1974 European Athletics Championships|1974 European Championships in Rome]] she was again a member of the national 4 × 100&nbsp;m relay team, this time winning the silver medal. She was fourth in the 100 metre final.<ref name=sr/>

Before the [[1976 Summer Olympics]], everybody's attention was not directed at Richter, but at fellow Dortmunder [[Inge Helten]], who had set a new world record of 11.04 just prior to the Games. Richter beat the defending champion [[Renate Stecher]] of East Germany in the first round, and ran 11.05 in the second round and set a world record of 11.01 in the semifinals. In the final, Richter, Stecher and Helten finished within one metre of each other, with Richter winning the gold and vanquishing Stecher. Three days later she won a silver medal in the [[200 metres|200&nbsp;m]] and another one in the 4 × 100&nbsp;m relay, being beaten by East Germany this time.<ref name=sr/>

Richter ran the 3rd leg of the winning relay squad at the first World Cup of Track and Field in 1977, she had the second fastest time of the year for the 100 meters of 11.03. She would finish 3rd in the 100 meters and 4th in the 200 meters at the second World Cup in 1979, again running the 3rd leg of the victorious European relay squad, and retired after the boycott of the 1980 Moscow games. During her career she won 28 national titles. Her daughter Daniela and son Marcus also competed in athletics, at the national level.<ref name=sr/>

==See also==
* [[Athletics in Germany#100 metres|German all-time top lists – 100 metres]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=953 Annegret Richter at ''sporting-heroes.net'']

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