1. Teddy Riner was born on 7 April 1989 in Les Abymes near Pointe-a-Pitre, in Guadeloupe, an insular region of France in the Caribbean.
20 Facts About Teddy Riner
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Teddy Riner is 2.04 metres tall and weighs 141 kilograms.
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Teddy Riner was a member of the Levallois Sporting Club in Levallois-Perret before joining Paris Saint-Germain in August 2017.
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Teddy Riner is coached by Christian Chaumont and Benoit Campargue.
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Teddy Riner won the World and European junior titles in 2006.
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, Teddy Riner competed in the men's heavyweight event.
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Teddy Riner received a bye into the second round of the competition before beating Anis Chedli of Tunisia and Kazakhstan's Yeldos Ikhsangaliyev to advance to the semi-finals.
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Teddy Riner won his third world title at the 2009 World Championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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Teddy Riner won bouts against Daniel McCormick, Vladimirs Osnachs, Ivan Iliev and Martin Padar in the pool stage before beating Marius Paskevicius in the semi-finals and Oscar Bryson in the final to take the gold medal.
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Teddy Riner won his second European gold medal at the 2011 Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.
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The result meant that Teddy Riner became the first ever male Judoka to win five world titles.
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Teddy Riner won his sixth World Championship gold medal as part of the French side that won the team event.
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Teddy Riner was selected to compete for France at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England in the men's heavyweight event.
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Teddy Riner won the gold medal by defeating Russia's Alexander Mikhaylin in the final.
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Teddy Riner lost to Brayson and Tolzer in 2006, to Bianchessi and Rybak in 2007 and to Muneta and Grim Vuijsters in 2008.
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Teddy Riner lost to Abdullo Tangriev in the third round of the 2008 Summer Olympics, before obtaining the bronze medal, and on 13 September 2010 he lost the openweight title at the 2010 World Judo Championships in Tokyo to Daiki Kamikawa, his last defeat before a series of 154 victories.
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At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Teddy Riner achieved a bronze medal in the over 100-kilogram class following a defeat by Russian judoka Tamerlan Bashaev.
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Teddy Riner won the gold medal in the mixed team event.
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Teddy Riner competed in the 2024 Summer Olympics, where he, along with Marie-Jose Perec, was one of the two individuals to light the Olympic cauldron in the Tuileries Garden.
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Teddy Riner won the gold medal in the over 100-kilogram class, defeating the world champion Kim Min-jong from South Korea.