In the 2013 European U23 Championships (the biennial competition for European athletes under the age of 23), Richard Douma took twelfth place in the 1500 metre race with a time of 3:54:62.
The 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships was the 9th edition of the biennial athletics competition between European athletes under the age of twenty-three. 12 Richard Douma 3:54.62 
