title: Helga Richter
text: # Helga Richter
  
  Helga Richter is a retired German rower who won seven medals at European championships between 1956 and 1964, five of them with Hannelore Göttlich. After 1959–1960 she competed as Helga Menzel-Richter or Helga Menzel and after 1960–1961 as Helga Kolbe-Richter or Helga Kolbe. In December 1964, she was awarded the Medal of Merit of the GDR.
  
  