Today, Teddy Riner dominates the tatamis. But before him, a monster made the law. It is David Douillet. 2 meters giant, he marked the spirits in the 90s and early 2000. With his numerous awards like two Olympic gold medals and four titles of world champions, he wrote his name among the legends of the discipline in France. But after a rich sporting career. Turned towards politics and continued to defend sport.
The former judoka is controversial with his words about women
David Douillet is never far from a controversy. Indeed, his legendary outspokenness does not generally go unnoticed. Besides, how to ignore your slippages. As was the case in his book entitled The soul of the conqueror Released in 1998. In this book, the former sportsman evokes his vision of things on many subjects, especially on women who are fighting.
“For me, a woman who fights in judo or in another discipline, it is not something natural, of valuing“He wrote. Before continuing with surprising remarks:”For the balance of children, I think the woman is better at home. It is the mother who has in her genes, in her instinct, this original faculty of raising children. If God has given the gift of procreation to women, it is not by chance.”
“They say I’m misogynist”
For David Douillet, the place of the woman is none other than at home. And that he clearly made it clear in his work. “” “This woman, when she has an external professional activity, for reasons of choice or necessity, She can no longer play this essential support role. (…) I consider that this nucleus is unstructured. The foundations on which humanity, education in particular were built, are partly shaken”, Can we read in the latter’s book.
However, he did not stop there. Indeed, the sacred monster made even more controversial remarks. “” “It is said that I am misogynist. But all men are. Except the flaps!”, He said. Words that quickly made noise. Faced with the magnitude of the situation, the former judoka had apologized in the Parisian columns in 2011.
David Douillet violently attacks the Tour de France
David Douillet is not one to turn his tongue seven times in his mouth before speaking. Indeed, the former Minister of Sport prefers to say what he has on his heart. And if these words often go to judo, there is no failure to confide in other disciplines. And some time ago, The latter had not chewed his words against the organizers of the Tour de France. Faced with the increase in doping scandals in the discipline, the former sportsman did not hesitate to reject the fault on the organizers.
According to legend, the latter remain too passive in the face of these practices which tarnish the image of cycling. Reason why David Douillet thinks that the organizers should also be sanctioned. “” “I wish to mention the fact of penalizing those who organize events where doping facts are proven. I was not made to believe, for example, that the organizers of the Tour de France could not know how to know“He said. Before adding:”The Tour de France is a large caravan, a month when all the protagonists live together. It is not possible that at one point the organizers were not aware.”
