Five-time Olympic judo champion Teddy Riner enters 2027 French presidential race
The judo champion says France needs common sense and unity as he enters a crowded race led in polls by Marine Le Pen.
- 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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The French Olympic Judo Champion, Teddy Riner, is running for Presidential elections in France. To announce it is the same Riner in Le Parisien. The 37-year-old Olympic Champion does not define himself as "right or left" and aspires to become the "president who unites": "I am a candidate to say that we can raise the [...] L'articolo The Olympic Champion Teddy Riner is running for French President: "Unbearable to see parents tighten their teeth w…
The judoka Teddy Riner, five-time Olympic medallist, announced on Monday November 9th his candidacy for the presidential election of 2027. Like him before, many athletes have tried to convert to politics, with varying degrees of success...
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The Olympic champion says he belongs neither to the right nor the left. He would participate in the Olympics even as president.
Teddy Riner wants to be the successor of Emmanuel Macron as president of France, after a brilliant race in the Olympic Games.
A united France, proud and happy just like during the Paris Olympic Games in the summer of 2024. That image inspired the French judoka...
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