There will probably be no Riner Junior on the mats in the future. This is what Teddy Riner, the tricolor judo behemoth (ten world titles, 3 gold medals at the Olympic Games, etc.) told comedian Thomas Ngijol in the podcast Grandpa led by him.
He taught his six-year-old son to…drive
“He wanted to do judo, I told him no”, revealed the champion. The reason ? “When you have a father like me, the coach is not going to talk to him like everyone else, the remarks are going to fly, positive or negative. I don’t want that, I want my son to grow up normally, away from all that. »
And to continue: “I don’t want it to add complexes to him or anything else. It’s for his own good above all, too bad if he’s angry with me. I want to give him the opportunity to grow normally. » During this interview, Teddy Riner also confided that he had already taught his son… driving!
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Do you know the champion Riner? ?? Discover dad Teddy, in the “Quiet Fathers podcast”???
The episode of “Pépères” with @teddyriner at the microphone of @ThomasNgijolit is the recognition of @podiio_ this Monday ???? https://t.co/l0Co5eIs9t pic.twitter.com/2rSc4ja9Ao
– Podiio (@podiio_) February 7, 2022
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“He is six years old, I may be a bit fast, but I taught him to drive, he drives. He’s on the left, I’m on the right on the steering wheel. He shifts gears and I put him a system where he can touch the pedals, I put him a cushion. I was proud, because I learned to drive when I was twelve! »confided Riner.
