A five-time Olympic medalist and eleven-time world champion, the 35-year-old French judoka is participating in his fifth Olympic Games. A success that he owes especially to the woman who shared his life for fifteen years and with whom he had two children.
He is nothing less than the most successful athlete in the history of his sport. Five-time Olympic medalist, two-time individual Olympic champion and eleven-time world champion Teddy Reiner has established himself as a world judo hero. In preparation for the Paris Games, in which he entered fifth, the 35-year-old athlete, 2.3 meters and 135 kilograms, trained around the world and missed the world championships in order to maintain.
Above all, he was able to count on the unwavering support of his wife, Lutna Plokus, as he explained at length to the magazine. Paris game , came to meet him in Marrakesh, where he was training a few weeks before the Olympics. During the dive, during which the judoka and his wife, who recently created a sensation next to him at the Balenciaga fashion show, talked about their life together.
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“Not his boss, not his baby mama”
Teddy Rainer and Lutna Plokus met the young man when he was 17 and his future partner was 20. “I never admitted it to Teddy, but then I’d never heard of him,” she said in 2016. Sunday newspaper. At the time, she worked in communications for Lagarde while modeling for several fashion brands in her spare time.
Today, the parents of two children, 10-year-old Eden and 5-year-old Isis, Teddy Reiner and Lutna Plokus form a duo of strength and mutual support. “I am neither his secretary nor his little mother,” the latter explains to our colleagues Paris game. We are a balanced and interchangeable duo. Except that I am unable to walk on the tatami mats instead of him. He single-handedly won his competitions.”
Valuable support from the shadows
But thanks to his support, according to Judo’s confession. “Nothing is possible without it,” he assures. He is the boss at home. He helps me sleep, watches my diet, organizes family life.” It also allows him to agree to let his guard down, to think about losing. The main challenge for this man thirsty for victories. “Even when he’s playing hide and seek with them (his kids, editor’s note), he doesn’t want to give up,” says his partner.
She seemed to have to put up with the career and fame of her husband, who had become a real star. “I quickly realized that he would never be completely mine. I have to share him with the whole world because he made history and will continue after his career,” he said in 2016. Sunday newspaper. Before proceeding. “He constantly makes jokes with everyone. He is reborn, laughing and giving happiness to the people around him. It certainly helps take the pressure off.” And, of course, to keep one foot in real life off the tatami mats.
Source: Le Figaro
