Five-time Olympic judo champion Teddy Riner enters 2027 French presidential race
The five-time Olympic judo champion says France needs a unifying leader as polls show Marine Le Pen ahead in the race.
- On Monday, 37-year-old Olympic champion Teddy Riner announced his candidacy for France's 2027 presidential election, seeking to replace incumbent President Emmanuel Macron.
- Beyond his success as a nine-time world champion judoka, Riner has built a career presenting the Netflix show Love is Blind: France and managing the Leader Group.
- Riner told Parisien newspaper on Monday that he aims to "bring the French population together," positioning himself as "neither right-wing nor left-wing."
- A Toluna Harris Interactive survey shows Marine Le Pen leading with 34% to 36% of the vote for the April 18, 2027 election, reflecting a polarized landscape.
- His announcement follows weeks of civil unrest across France, as student protests over school conditions and cost of living concerns broadened into wider demonstrations regarding labor rights.
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Judo: The multiple Olympic champion Teddy Riner is running for the French presidential election.
"I know what people will say about me. He's crazy... I won't be one of those who watch the country burn while they find excuses," Teddy Riner said in his announcement. The post France: Olympic judo champion candidate for president of the country – Teddy Riner's announcement appeared first on in.gr.
France's star Judoka Teddy Riner is a candidate for the presidential election in the spring. "I decided to join the French and therefore run for President of the Republic," said the five-time Olympic winner in an interview with the French newspaper Le Parisien. "I'm not just a judoka," said the 37-year-old.
Riner, who defends progressive opinions, said that he was "not on the right or on the left".
The five-time Olympic champion, 37-year-old from Guadeloupe and near the king of Morocco, is defined as "right-wing" or "left-wing"
French judoka and five-time Olympic champion, Teddy Riner, announced on Monday, November 9, that he will run in next year's presidential election, after expressing concern about the "rise of the far right".
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