IN IMAGES, IN PICTURES. Judo Worlds: from his first consecration in 2007 to the last in 2023, Teddy Riner’s 11 planetary titles
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The Guadeloupean won an 11th world gold medal on Saturday in Doha (Qatar).
“A new title after so much time away, I’m going to savor it!” Just over a year from the Paris Games, which he has made a top priority, Teddy Riner could not have dreamed of a better appetizer. The French judoka won his 11th planetary title on Saturday May 13 in Doha (Qatar). Author of a faultless run, in a high part of the table, the 34-year-old Guadeloupe is back on the roof of the world, six years after his last title. Since his first coronation, which dates back to 2007, Teddy Riner has experienced an exponential trajectory, multiplying successes, until becoming the best judoka in history. Back in pictures on the eleven world crowns of the French champion, who despite certain disappointments, has always been able to get up. Until winning a twelfth gold medal, the most beautiful, in Paris?
The first of a long series. On September 13, 2007, Teddy Riner, then 18 years old, became the youngest world champion in the history of over 100kg in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). He succeeds David Douillet, decorated ten years earlier. (MAXPPP)Champion mind. Frustrated by his bronze medal at the Beijing Games a few months earlier, the Guadeloupean turned his back and won his first title of world champion in all categories, on December 21, 2008, in front of his home crowd in Levallois-Perret (France). (MAXPPP)Never two without three. Eight months after his success at home, Teddy Riner won a third world title, in the over 100kg category, on August 30, 2009, in Rotterdam (Netherlands). (ROBERT VOS / AFP)Once again on top of the world in Tokyo (Japan), in addition to 100kg, on September 9, 2010, the French heavyweight did not achieve the double and fell in the final of the Worlds in all categories the same year. (TORU YAMANAKA / AFP)Received 5 out of 5. As in 2010, Teddy Riner deprived the German Andreas Tölzer of a world title, on August 27, 2011, at his home in Paris (France). With five planetary crowns, he surpasses his illustrious predecessor, David Douillet. (BERTRAND LANGLOIS/AFP)The gold Rush. Olympic champion at the London Games in 2012, the French judoka offered himself a sixth world title on August 31, 2013, in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). (PHILIPPE MILLEREAU / AFP)Unwavering. On August 30, 2014, Teddy Riner still sits at the top of world judo and wins a seventh planetary title, the sixth in a row at over 100 kg, in Chelyabinsk (Russia). (VASILY MAXIMOV / AFP)Bis repeated. For the second time in a row, the Guadeloupean finds the Japanese Ryu Shichinohe in the final of the world championships over 100kg, on August 29, 2015, in Astana (Kazakhstan). The sentence is the same, Teddy Riner makes the pass of eight. (VASILY MAXIMOV / AFP)Legendary. A year after winning his second gold medal at the Rio Games, thus equaling David Douillet, Teddy Riner fills his trophy cabinet a little more by winning a ninth world title on September 2, 2017, in Budapest (Hungary). (ATTILA KISBENEDEK / AFP)Invincible. On a streak of 144 consecutive successes, Teddy Riner offers himself a tenth planetary title, on November 11, 2017, in Marrakech (Morocco). (PHILIPPE MILLEREAU / AFP)Six years after his last title, Teddy Riner finds the roof of the world. In Doha, on May 13, 2023, he won his 11th world title thanks to a waza-ari in the golden score against Inal Tasoev. (AFP)
