This Friday evening, Guadeloupean Teddy Riner, 11 times world champion and five times Olympic champion, gathered his peers, friends and sponsors at the Maison du Judo in Montrouge to thank them for their support.
“Thank you all for supporting me and helping me all these years, even when things were bad.“, said the Guadeloupean to his guests. Dressed in a black suit and a green top, Teddy Riner, all smiles, delighted the hundred people present at the house of judo in Montrouge.
The man who won his third individual Olympic title during the Paris Games took his time to thank all the people who contributed to his success, from his first club coach to his wife and mother, including his psychologist from INSEP.
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In the public, we could see many sportsmen, such as former Guadeloupean footballers Lilian Thuram, Louis Saha et Bernard Diomedebut also the West Indian Thierry Henry. The former cyclist and coach of the French track team, the Guadeloupean Grégory Baugéwas also present, for “see your friend” as he said to Outre-mer la 1ère. Also invited, the Martinican basketball player Sandrine Gruda as well as the Guadeloupean skipper You have Piperol.
Politicians also made the trip for this evening of thanks, such as the Minister of Sports Gil Avérous and Valérie Pécresse, president of the Île-de-France region. “You are a great Frenchman and a great sportsman, thank you“, she said on the microphone in front of Teddy Riner and the crowd.
For more than two hours, the numerous guests of this evening were able to watch videos retracing the career of the Guadeloupean.
“Our greatest champion of all time and we thank him“, said Stéphane Nomis, the president of the French judo federation, about Teddy Riner on stage.
After a few musical performances, the evening concluded with an auction for the benefit of Teddy Riner’s association.
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