Teddy Riner is most successful judoka ever on the planet. The French heavyweight won eight world titles, more than anyone in te sport of Judo. He is 2.05m and an athletic specimen. He has already won 3 European titles and was triumphant at the 2012 Olympic games.
This weekend, Judo Olympic and World champion Teddy Riner (FRA) won gold at the European championships with… a standing armlock!
Seoi-Nage specialist Sasson (ISR) tried to throw Riner with this technique twice before, earlier in the match and in his third attempt, Riner snapped on a standing armlock for ippon.
Teddy Pierre-Marie Riner is a French judoka. He has won eight World Championships gold medals, the first and only judoka (male or female) to do so, and an Olympic gold medal. He has also won four gold medals at the European Championships. He is a member of the Levallois Sporting Club in Levallois-Perret, France.
