Teddy Riner
Teddy Riner Pierre -Marie (* April 7, 1989 in Pointe -à- Pitre, Guadeloupe ) is a French judoka. He is 2.04 meters tall and weighs 131 kg.
At the Olympic Games in London in 2012, he was Olympic champion in the heavyweight division. It is thus to David Douillet the second French Olympic champion in the heavyweight division. In the same year Riner was selected by the sports daily L' Equipe on France's Sportsman of the Year.
Medal Win
1964: Isao Inokuma | 1972: Willem Ruska | 1976: Serhiy Novikov | 1980: Angelo Parisi | 1984: Hitoshi Saitō | 1988: Hitoshi Saitō | 1992: David Schaschaleschwili | 1996: David Douillet | 2000: David Douillet | 2004: Keiji Suzuki | 2008: Satoshi Ishii | 2012: Teddy Riner
List of Olympic gold medalist in judo
- Judoka (France)
- Olympian (France)
- Olympic champion ( Judo )
- World Champion ( Judo )
- European Champion ( Judo )
- Support of the French National Order of Merit ( Knight )
- Member of the Legion of Honour ( Knight )
- Born in 1989
- Man