Teddy Riner

Teddy Riner ( 7-4- 89 )

A native of Guadeloupe (Pointe-à-Pitre), it is the new phenomenon of global judo (2.04 m, 128 kg). At only 21 he is already part of the history of the sport (undefeated in 39 fights since losing 15 August 2008 in the 3rd round of the Olympic Games) with four world championship titles, three consecutive times in super- Heavy (2007, 2009 and 2010) and once in All Categories (2008). Before him have managed only three judokas this fourfold: David Douillet in both heavy and Japanese Naoya Ogawa in the welterweight and Yasuhiro Yamashita in heavy. He finished 2nd in All Categories in 2010 in the final by beating Japan's Daiki Kamikawa after extra time and determination. He suffered his first defeat since the 2008 Games. World champion and European junior heavyweight in 2006 (youngest heavy sacred history in junior), he won in 2007 the first European title in the seniors, just 18 (thirteen years after the sanctity of David Douillet 1994). A few months later, he won the world title senior category (ten years after David Douillet), becoming the youngest world champion in the history of this category. In late December 2008, he won the title of world champion in all categories, thus becoming the thirteenth judoka to win a world championship or Olympic Heavy and TC. Heavyweight champion of France in 2008 and won the Paris Tournament that year, thereby qualifying for the Beijing Olympics where he finished 3rd. In October 2008, he won his second world title in the junior achieving a single worldwide tripled: junior in 2006, retired in 2007 and junior in 2008. He won his second tournament in Paris in 2009 by dominating the Russian Alexander Mikhailin then his third tournament in a row in 2010 against the Dutch Vuijsters Grim and his fourth in 2011, beating Japan's Daiki Kamikawa . Finally, he retained his heavyweight world title in August 2009 and for the third time in September 2010. Vice European champion team in 2010. Winner of the Mediterranean Games in 2009. In early 2010, he won at the inaugural World Masters, beating Olympic champion in 2004, Japan's Keiji Suzuki . Kimono Gold French in 2008. He retains his title in 2011.