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35 years |
Birth date |
April 7, 1989 |
Zodiac sign |
Aries |
Place of Birth |
France |
Occupation |
Athlete |
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Teddy Pierre-Marie Riner (/ˈrɪnər/, French: ; born 7 April 1989) is a French judoka. He has won ten World Championships gold medals, the first and only judoka (male or female) to do so, and two Olympic gold medals. He has also won five gold medals at the European Championships. He was a member of the Levallois Sporting Club before joining Paris Saint-Germain in August 2017.
Riner was born on 7 April 1989 in Les Abymes near Pointe-à-Pitre, in Guadeloupe an insular region of France in the Caribbean. He was raised in Paris. He was enrolled at a local sports club by his parents and played football, tennis and basketball, but says he preferred judo "because it is an individual sport and it's me, only me."
He is 2.04 metres (6 ft 8 in) tall and weighs 136 kilograms (300 lb). He is nicknamed "Teddy Bear", or "Big Ted".
Riner was a member of the Levallois Sporting Club in Levallois-Perret, France and is coached by Christian Chaumont and Benoît Campargue. He won the World and European junior titles in 2006. In 2007, he won a gold medal at the European Judo Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, on the day after his eighteenth birthday. At the 2007 World Judo Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he became the youngest ever senior world champion when he won the heavyweight (+100 kg) event, defeating the 2000 Olympic gold medallist, Kosei Inoue of Japan, in the semi-final.
Height | 6 ft 8 in / 204 cm |
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Weight | 309 lb / 140 kg |
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Hair Color | No hair |
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Eye Color | Dark brown |
Nationality | French |
Race / ethnicity | Black |