Teddy Riner

Who is Teddy Riner?

Martial artist Teddy Riner is from France. Between 2007 and 2014, Teddy Riner, a Frenc Dominant Judoka, won seven gold medals at the World Judo Championships.

He also captured his first Olympic gold medal in 2012.

What is the Net Worth of Teddy Riner? Salary, Earnings

Teddy Riner, who goes by the username “teddy riner,” has 591K followers on Instagram. He has 743.2K and 993K followers on Twitter and Facebook, respectively, where he is also active.

According to the player’s bio, Teddy Riner has a net worth of $245 million, with his career as a judoka and martial artist serving as his main source of income.

Where was Teddy Riner born? Ethnicity, Nationality, Family

Teddy Riner was born on April 7, 1989, in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe’s Les Abymes neighborhood close to Pointe-à-Pitre.

He was born in the year of the Ram and is 32 years old. He was raised in Paris and is of French descent. Riner goes by the names “Teddy Bear” and “Big Ted.” He goes by Teddy Pierre-Marie Riner in full.

His mother’s name is Marie-Pierre Riner, and his father is Mose Riner. Laure Riner, Natasha Riner, and Mose Junior Riner are his three siblings.

Teddy spends a lot of time with his family and is very close to both of his parents and brothers. Other than that, there is currently no information on Riner’s cousins, grandparents, or other family members.

Education

Teddy’s qualifications and educational background include time spent at INSEP and Sciences Po. His parents also signed him up for a neighborhood sports team.

There, he played basketball, tennis, and football. To play an individual sport rather than a team sport, Riner later moved to judo.

Quick Facts

Dating	Luthna Plocus
Net Worth	$245M
Eye Color	Dark Brown
Birth Place	Les Abymes near Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
Nationality	French
Education	Sciences Po
Father	Moïse Riner
Mother	Marie-Pierre Riner
Siblings	Three (Moïse Junior Riner, Natasha Riner, and Laure Riner)
Kids	One son (Eden Riner) and one daughter
Facebook	Facebook
Twitter	Twitter
Instagram	Riner Instagram
Personal Web	Personal Web
Wiki	Wiki

Is Teddy Riner Single? Relationship

Luthna Plocus and Teddy Riner are romantically connected. Three years have passed since their wedding. The son of the pair is named Eden Riner, while the name of the daughter is unknown.

Riner, on the other hand, frequently posts pictures of his fiancee and kids on social media. And he adores and values his family beyond anything else.

How tall is Teddy Riner? Weight, Hair Color

Teddy Riner is 130 kilograms and 6 feet 8 inches tall. The rest of Riner’s physical characteristics, however, are not currently known. He is also bald, has a mustache and goatee, and dark brown eyes.

How did Teddy Riner start his Professional Career?

In the French village of Levallois-Perret, Teddy Riner belonged to the Levallois Sporting Club. His coaches were Christian Chaumont and Benoît Campargue.

He won both the European and World Junior Championships in 2006. Then, in 2007, he won a gold medal in the European Judo Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, the day after turning eighteen.

Teddy won the heavyweight (+100 kg) competition at the 2007 World Judo Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, becoming the sport’s youngest senior world champion in the process.

Teddy Riner qualified for the men’s heavyweight competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

He gained a bye into the second round of the contest, which allowed him to move on to the semifinals. He had to compete in the repechage stages, though, after being ousted in the semifinals.

In the subsequent repechage, Riner took home the bronze medal.

In a similar vein, Teddy Riner succeeded in capturing his second gold medal in the World Championships in December 2008 at the Open Weight Championships.

At the global Championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Teddy Riner also captured his third global championship in 2009.

Then, in 2010, he took home two medals from the World Championships in Tokyo, one gold and one silver. Daiki Kamikawa of Japan defeated him in the open weight class final after taking first place in the +100 contest by a score of 2-1.

Additionally, he objected to bowing and handshakes with Kamikawa after the match, saying he had been “robbed.”

Details on Career

At the 2011 Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, Teddy Riner earned his second European gold medal. In the men’s +100 kg category at the 2011 World Judo Championships in Paris, he also took home the gold.

This outcome led to Teddy being the first male judoka to win five world championships.

He then captured his sixth World Championship gold medal while competing for France, which won the team competition.

Riner was also selected to represent France in the men’s heavyweight competition at the London Olympics in 2012.

In the final, he defeated Alexander Mikhaylin of Russia to claim the gold medal in this competition.

In 2016, he defeated Hisayoshi Harasawa in the championship match to successfully reclaim his Olympic heavyweight title. Only nine times in his professional career did he lose in prestigious international competitions.

After losing to Russian judoka Tamerlan Bashaev, Teddy Riner also took home a bronze medal in the over 100-kilogram division at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. At the 2021 Judo World Masters in Doha, Qatar, he took home the gold medal in his category that year.

Awards and Successes

He received the RTL Champion of Champions award in 2011 and the Officier de l’Ordre National du Mérite award in 2006. He was also honored Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur in 2012 and 2013 in addition to being L’Équipe Champion of Champions (male category) for France. In 2008, Riner also received the RTL Champion of Champions title.

Social media

He is consistently active on all of his social media platforms. Teddyriner is the username of his Instagram account, which has 591K followers. He has 743.2K and 993K followers on Twitter and Facebook, respectively, where he is also active.

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