Teddy Riner
7.4.1989 Guadeloupe
Bio
Riner was born in Guadeloupe what is Caribean overseas region of France but was raised in Paris where he begun with judo at age of 5.
Today he is probably the most popular judoka in the world not for his judo but for his charismatic image. He is very friendly and open to his fans.
Career and Style
Riner was raised in right judo place in France. He had good teachers and he has really good teachers (David Douillet etc.) and he has lot of sparring partners.
Riner is big guy. Not such big as other heavyweights but he has something more. He is faster then them and he has athletic dispositions like condition physique and strengh and tactical knowledges which have almost every French judo player (waiting for contras). That's why he is almost unbeatable and his opponents unfortunately are often going in match with him as they will lose. His another big advantage is that he hasn't yet any serious injury.
If we talk about Riner's beautiful judo style there would be silent. Riner's ippons look like knocking opponent down. But to his credit he works on his judo. His ashi-waza techniques are better and better with years. So there is possible to see nice uchi-mata made by him someday.
Riner has lost some matches. Especially in begining of his senior career in 2007 when he was 17-18 years old. His first big defeat match was at Olympic Games in Bejing 2008 with Abdulla Tangriyev from Uzbekistan. Uzbek judoka or better Kurash wrestler (folk wrestling style practiced in Central Asia) was only luckiest and experienced man in the match and Riner was probably nervous by Olympic athmosfere. That's all.
His second and the last defeat came during 2010 World Championships in Tokyo and had touch of contradictions. The duel between Riner and Kamikawa was close match. Riner was better in normal time and in golden score was better Kamikawa but there was no winner by points. Decision was on referees. They chose Kamikawa by 2:1 ratio. After this verdict Riner was collapsed because he thought that they prefered Kamikawa as revenge for 10 years old Olympic final match between Shinichi Shinohara and David Douillet where referees made mistake in decision and helped French judoka defend Olympic gold medal.<ref>http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_sports/view/1080984/1/.html</ref>
Resuts
Olympic Games
| Year | Age | Cathegory | 1/64 | 1/32 | 1/16 | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Repechage | Repechage | Bronze Match | Final Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 19.4 | Heavyweight | BYE | W Anis Al-Shazly |
W Yeldos Ikhsangaliyev |
L Abdulla Tangriyev |
- | W Andreas Tölzer |
W João Gabriel Schlittler |
W Lasha Gujejiani |
- |
| 2012 | 23.3 | Heavyweight | - | W Janusz Wojnarowicz |
W Faisal Jaballah |
W Óscar Brayson |
W Seong-Min Kim |
- | - | - | W Aleksandr Mikhaylin
|
World Championships
| Year | Age | Cathegory | 1/64 | 1/32 | 1/16 | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 18.4 | Heavyweight | BYE | W Kosei Inoue |
W Yury Rybak |
W Tino Bierau |
W Xiang-Jun Wei |
W Tamerlan Tmenov
|
| 2009 | 20.4 | Heavyweight | BYE | W Vladimir Osnach |
W Ivan Iliev |
W Martin Padar |
W Marius Paškevičius |
W Óscar Brayson
|
| 2010 | 21.4 | Heavyweight | W Su-Hwan Kim |
W Yu-Heng Lin |
W Dmitry Sterkhov |
W Rafael Silva |
W Kazuhiko Takahashi |
W Andreas Tölzer
|
| 2011 | 22.4 | Heavyweight | W Daniel Hernandes |
W Robert Zimmermann |
W Batsuuri Namsraijav |
W Barna Bor |
W Seong-Min Kim |
W Andreas Tölzer
|
World Championships - Open
| Year | Age | 1/128 | 1/64 | 1/32 | 1/16 | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 19.7 | - | BYE | W Adiljan Tulendibayev |
W Yohei Takai |
W Grim Vuijsters |
W Grzegorz Eitel |
W Aleksandr Mikhaylin
|
| 2010 | 21.4 | BYE | W Mushi Ndibu |
W Carlos Zegarra |
W Martin Padar |
W Kazuhiko Takahashi |
W Hiroki Tachiyama |
L Daiki Kamikawa
|
| 2011 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
European Championships
| Year | Age | Cathegory | 1/32 | 1/16 | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 18.0 | Heavyweight | BYE | W Marius Paškevičius |
W Andreas Tölzer |
W Matjaž Ceraj |
W Lasha Gujejiani
|
| 2008 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2009 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2010 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2011 | 22.0 | Heavyweight | W Nodar Metreveli |
W Emil Tahirov |
W Asaf Zohar |
W Martin Padar |
W Barna Bor
|
| 2012 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2013 | 24.0 | Heavyweight | BYE | W Grim Vuijsters |
W Robert Zimmermann |
W Renat Saidov |
W Adam Okruashvili
|
Results - Junior years (till 2011)<ref group="notes">A - attend; x - could not start already (age limit); - - no champ. that year; DNS - did not start</ref>
| Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EJU17 | DNS | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| EJU20 | 3 | 1 | DNS | DNS | x | x | x |
| WJC20 | - | 1 | - | 1 | x | x | x |
| EJU23 | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS |
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