“It shakes up the campaign a little”: presidential candidate, can Teddy Riner turn his popularity into ballots?

“I tell you face to face, I am a candidate for the 2027 presidential election.” With this surprise declaration, Teddy Riner announced his candidacy for the presidential election, this Monday, November 9 in the columns of Le Parisien.

In a video of less than three minutes, the judoka with an extraordinary track record appears in a blue suit, white shirt, sitting behind a desk. The library and the flag of France behind it complete the list of political visual codes. The athlete assures us: he is “neither to the right nor to the left”.

“I observe the social divide that crosses the country, but what I do not accept is to hear from the mouths of young people, as well as those not so young, that it is difficult today to be able to envisage a future,” he explained.