Teddy Riner: his 4-year-old daughter knocks him down in a cute video!

Recently crowned world champion for the eleventh time in his career, judoka Teddy Riner shared a video with his 4-year-old daughter… Who puts him on the mat!

He is nearly unbeatable. The 2.04 meter athlete, who celebrated his 34th birthday on April 7, has an impressive track record on his own. Record holder in his category, he won his first world championship title in 2007. Subsequently, the native of Pointe-à-Pitre in Guadeloupe won ten other titles in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, two titles in 2017 and the last, this Saturday, May 13, 2023. In addition, the Frenchman also has several Olympic medals. Two individual golds, which he obtained in London in 2012 as well as in Rio in 2016, then one by team won in Tokyo in 2021. If the judoka had only finished third in his category in Tokyo, thus winning the bronze , he was able to get up and continue to perform to be back at the top.

Teddy Riner: his 4-year-old daughter puts him on the mat, discover the images

While he offered himself a eleventh world champion title in his +100 kg category at the World Judo Championships in Doha, Qatar, Teddy Riner, however, was knocked down by a somewhat special opponent. It is his daughter Isisonly 4 years old. It’s in a video posted on his twitter account (to discover at the bottom of the article) that the judoka shared with Internet users this beautiful moment of complicity. We see that the little girl – the youngest of Teddy Riner and his wife Luthna Plocus – was widely encouraged by the public, before putting her father on the ground, without much difficulty. Once on the ground, Isis – proud of her achievement – left the tatami all smiles and to applause. Enough to satisfy the judoka who has been a member of Paris Saint-Germain judo since 2017.

Teddy Riner: the eleven-time world champion judoka in place for the Paris 2023 Olympic Games

With this new title of world champion of +100 kilos just over a year from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Teddy Riner can now regain confidence in order to believe in an Olympic title at home, his ultimate challenge. The most successful judoka in history among heavyweights, he has with this new gold medal marked French sport even more.