More than a year after his victory at the 2024 Olympic Games, Teddy Riner has lost none of his ambitions and is already thinking about it. For this, the champion imposes himself a strict hygiene of life but also takes care of his mind. Meeting with a committed sportsman.
The meeting is given to the French Judo Federation. The room is decorated with many portraits of judo champions. From the most historic to the most recent, they are all there and adorn the walls of the place. After all, it’s theirs. A 2.04 meter man in a black t-shirt and jogging passes the door: no doubt, Teddy Riner arrived. We are in July 2025, almost a year after his victory at the Paris Olympic Games, but the sportsman already had his eyes on the future. He did not hide his desire to participate in the 2028 Olympic Games (the last of his career), but also confides in preparing the post-judo: “I have always done it. When I become Olympic champion in 2012, my father said to me “go back to school, it’s important to continue the studies.” I said to him: “Dad, I just made Olympic champion. Look around you.” And there he congratulates me.“A scene that has remained engraved in his memory, which helps him keep his head on his shoulders.” It is a reality, when you do high level sports, at one point, you can injure yourself. And everything can end. So, you always have to be careful, and know how you want to do very early on, to be able to prepare it, “he continues.
But while waiting for his “after”, the athlete continues on his way and imposes herself a hygiene of strict life, at the height of his ambitions. To accompany him towards new victories, he took on the role of ambassador for the brand of food supplements Bion3. A partnership that has simply been done, Teddy Riner is already a user of the products. “”Me, it seemed natural to me. Natural because for many years I have been taking breakfast in breakfast in the morning. These are products that I already used for me and my little family“, says the champion. In parallel with his training, he also takes care to adopt a balanced diet and sleeping long enough every night.”Without that, you cannot recover and you take the risk of the injury“He says.
The nerve of war according to Teddy Riner? Hydration. But also psychological work. A subject that is particularly close to his heart and that the sportsman wishes to democratize as a sponsor of the great national cause on mental health. Since his 14 years, when he entered INSEP, the one who now presents Love Is Blind France has been followed by a psychologist. If he has never hidden it, he talks about it today openly, like a tool that helped him manage pressure from an early age. “”It allowed me to grow, to have all the cards at my disposal to be able to live better. In my version of life, we are not supposed to keep things for ourselves and suffer. We have tools to be able to improve this“, He says. A message he would in particular like to convey to the young generation which he” worries a lot “.”When you are young, there are things that we are not going to dare to talk to our parents or friends because we are afraid that the person does not understand what we are trying to say. And a psychologist is used for that.“”
Throughout his career, this flawless follow -up allowed him to develop other mechanisms in order to manage stress, and the whirlwind of emotions that comes with a career like that of Teddy Riner: meditation, breathing exercise … The champion has all the keys to keep a cool head. And looking at its incredible record, it seems that judoka has found the recipe for success. “”When you have tasted it once, you want to reproduce this emotion that you feel during a victory again and again. I am very proud of my career because I know how difficult it was and that this famous sentence, “the work pays” is true.“Word of five -time Olympic champion.
