Richard Ringer (born 27 February 1989 in

Überlingen Überlingen (; ) is a German city on the northern shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee) in Baden-Württemberg near the German-Swiss border, border with Switzerland. After the city of Friedrichshafen, it is the second-largest city in the Bodenseek ...

) is a German athlete specialising in long-distance and cross-country running. He won the bronze medal at the

2013 Summer Universiade The 2013 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXVII Summer Universiade (; ), was held in the city of Kazan, Russia, the most northerly city ever to host a Summer Universiade. Over 10,400 university athletes from 162 countries participated ...

, 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 The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There ...

at the

2022 European Championships The 2022 European Championships were the second edition of the European Championships (multi-sport event), European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Munich, Germany from 11 to 21 August 2022. The event started three d ...

in Munich.

Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor *

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ...

– 3:38.83 (Montbéliard 2016) *

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000 m sho ...

– 7:46.37 (Dessau-Roßlau 2016) *

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a sta ...

– 13:10.94 (Heusden-Zolder 2015) *

10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship-level events. The ...

– 27:36.52 (London 2018) *

Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish, or shortcu ...

– 1:01:09 (Barcelona 2023) *

– 2:05:47 (Valencia 2024) Indoor *

– 3:45.40 (Stuttgart 2011) *

– 7:46.18 (Karlsruhe 2015)

References

1989 births Living people People from Überlingen Athletes from Tübingen (region) German male long-distance runners Olympic male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Germany Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany European Athletics Championships winners German national athletics champions Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics 20th-century German sportsmen Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-longdistance-athletics-bio-stub