Teddy riner net worth
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Judo in France and Teddy Riner history
In 2017, the French Judo Federation had 604,816 registered members. Judo thus became the fifth most popular competitive sport in France after football, tennis, basketball and equestrianism.
There are 5700 judo clubs in France, and the number of participants aged 10 to 19 reaches 75%. For this reason, the association pays great attention to ethics and morality during training.
French judo has given the country several national stars, such as current Olympic champion Teddy Riner, who won gold in the men’s +100kg division at the London and Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
Teddy Riner biography
Teddy Riner is a French judoka in the weight category over 100 kg, winner of ten world championship titles, Olympic champion in London-2012, Rio de Janeiro-2016, then in the mixed teams of Tokyo-2020, bronze medalist in Beijing. in 2008 and Tokyo in 2021, a five-time European champion. In 2018, he was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
He was France’s flag bearer at the 2016 Rio Olympics, where he won another gold, this time against Japa
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TEDDY IN FIGURES
Teddy Riner was born on 7 April 1989, in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe. He discovered sport in Aquaboulevard, in the south of Paris (15th district), where his parents enrolled him in a multisport club at the age of 5. Teddy was full of energy and tried climbing, golf, tennis, swimming… Very early on, however, he began to show a preference for judo and football.
At the age of 6, he was officially registered for both disciplines, with Paris Judo and Levallois respectively. « He was very gifted at both », recalls his father, Moïse. « I remember he played in defence for his football team, but finished the season as their top scorer! » He had to choose, however, since he could not be allowed to neglect his studies. Teddy opted for judo. « I had already achieved some very good results », he explains. « My choice was partly guided by my performance. » At Paris Judo, and then Judo Club Bolivar, he was trained by Alain Perriot.
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Interviewing an Olympic champion is something special and always delivers thought-provoking words and ideas; it’s a unique kind of education. Following the stories of the first 42 Olympic champions in the series, winners from 1976 to 2021, we now share the words of Teddy Riner, the third double Olympic champion in the series, winner in London in 2012 and in Rio De Janeiro in 2016, in the +100 kg category.
Teddy Riner, Olympic champion, London 2012.
Rio De Janeiro, 2016.
We introduced the statistics, the almost impossible feat and the question in our first article in the series, which can be found here:
https://www.ijf.org/news/show/151-olympic-champions-tokyo-to-tokyo
The London 2012 +100 kg final.
A reminder of the question:
It could be said that to be in the company of an Olympic judo champion is to be presented with someone whom has reached an absolute pinnacle, a ceiling which cannot be surpassed; there is nowhere further to ascend in the world of sport. We often find Olympic champions speaking with freedom and certainty, unafraid to sh
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