David Douillet

Quick Facts

Full Name	David Douillet
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Feb 17, 1969(1969-02-17)
Age	55
Birthplace	Rouen
Country	France
Birth City	Normandy
Horoscope	Aquarius

David Douillet Biography

David Douillet is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on February 17, 1969 in Rouen, Normandy, France. David Donald Hubert Roger Douillet (French pronunciation”david donald ybeR RoZe duje] born on 17 Feb 1969) is a French politician , and retired judo coach.

He had to face a tough group during the Olympic tournament alongside the German Henry Stohr (Olympic vice-champion in 1988) and Ogawa, the Japanese Naoya Ogawa (quadruple world champion). Unable to mount an open attack against the Frenchman Stohr, who was defeated, got disqualified due to non- combativeness. But a move of the legs carried by Ogawa during the following match, forced Douillet an ippon and the French Judoka out to compete in his gold-medal race. However, he could still be hopeful of a bronze. When he was facing Cuban Franck Moreno Garcia in the final fight for third place The Frenchman took on himself. The judoka was awarded the bronze medal at the age of 23 years old.

In search of confirmation after his Olympic bronze medal, David Douillet ambitiously approached his first participation in a world championship. It was in Hamilton, Ontario, that the French judoka hoped to carry out a winning performance. Having defeated several experienced judokas, like the Polish Rafał Kubacki, he finally beat the Olympic champion and champion of Europe David Khakhaleishvili, then ranked #1 in the world and logical favourite of the tournament. He then took his revenge on the Georgian who, a few months earlier, had beaten him at the European championships. Thanks to this title acquired at 24 years, he becomes the first French world champion in this weight class, regarded by some as the premier category of judo. It is in this same weight class that he gained his first European title the following year in the 1994 European Judo Championships at Gdańsk, Poland, by defeating Rafał Kubacki in the final bout.

Generous as a sportsman, David Douillet put his popularity at the service of charitable operations. Close to the Chirac couple, he became godfather of the charity operation “Operation Yellow Coins” with then First French lady Bernadette Chirac. Each year David “drives” an SNCF TGV La Poste to go and collect funds for his “operation pieces jaunes”, and he is the main sponsor, via public appearances, for this operation. In 1996 he started the foundation of the hospitals of Paris to improve the daily life of hospitalized children and teenagers. In addition, after his second Olympic title, he was named a UNESCO ambassador for youth in 2001. His medals and his generosity are held in high regard amongst the French, who ranked him the second most popular personality in France. Sometimes invited onto television programs, the judoka has his puppet with the Les Guignols de l’info (News Puppets), a popular satirical broadcast on Canal+.

Thus that the Norman youth was able to devote himself to his interests and continue his studies at his home in the Paris region, in the Maisons-Alfort region, and also pursuing his studies at the INSEP facility at Bois de Vincennes, the group of the top French Judokas. He was there that he became a fan of one of the greatest idols Fabien Canu, who was a two-time World Champion in the year 1987 as well as 1989. Through determination and hard work, Douillet obtained his first prizes in his age category. The year 1988 was the time he won the French junior champion and later was awarded fifth place in the European championships. He returned up to the peak of French ranking in 1989. He was awarded the European bronze medal in Athens in the same year as an under-age.

David Douillet Net Worth

David Douillet is one of the richest Politician from France. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Douillet 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

A few days later, Douillet repeated his performance in the open category winning the final against his opponent Russian Sergei Kossorotov by an pin. Due to his heavyweight title Douillet became only just the second Frenchman to keep his world title following Fabien Canu in 1980 and he was positioned as the genuine favourite to win at the Olympic Games. Additionally, with his double victory, David Douillet entered the historical judo books as the third judoka who carried out this feat following Yasuhiro Yamashita from 1981, and Naoya Ogawa back in the year 1989. The feat of executing this feat in Japan and achieving the feats of two local athletes and a judoka from Japan, created David Douillet an instant icon in Japan.

David Douillet began judo at age 11 in the Neufchatel-en Bray commune near the place where he was born in Rouen. Being a hefty physique for someone of his age (1,80 meters and 80kg) and was trained through Jacques Lemaitre who taught him the fundamentals in the art. After a short time, he began to be drawn to his love for the Japanese combat art of karate, Douillet made a name for himself with the tatamis and due to his school performance, he incorporated the studying of this sport in the high school Victor et Helene Basch, close to the University of Rennes. In 1986 the year that Douillet was just 17 years old, Douillet was noticed at an exercise by Jean-Luc Rouge who enrolled him in INSEP (National institute for physical and sport).

After a period of adaptation, he won his first Senior French championship in 1991, imposing himself in the final against Georges Mathonnet, another hope for French judo, born two years before Douillet. Thanks to this first national title, David qualified for his first senior European championships in Prague, where he finished in third place, a real achievement for a 22-year-old at his first selection. A few weeks later, he disputed the military world championships, where he earned two medals. At the beginning of 1992, he successfully defended his national title in the heavyweight category. Selected for the European Championships, which were held in Paris, in May 1992, he shone in a decisive competition obtaining a qualification for the Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympics, which took place in July of the same year: during these European championships, he obtained the bronze medal, synonymous with an Olympic ticket for Spain.

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Since the end of his sporting career, David Douillet has tried to manage his image as well as possible. This image was put to the test when the company Travelsport, a travel agency in which David Douillet was a shareholder, filed for bankruptcy in 1997. Victim of a swindle, David Douillet quickly put this embarrassing affair to rest by gaining his fourth world title a few weeks later. Thanks to his second Olympic title, the Frenchman was able to leverage his heightened popular image into lucrative business deals. After a short passage through the television production companies, David Douillet now lends his name to several brands (sporting material, working goods, camp-site or excursion equipment), as well as kimonos under the signature DD (mark), and even recently to a judo simulation video game, David Douillet judo.

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In the final, his adversary was the Japanese Shinichi Shinohara, double champion of the world in 1999. That game is seen as a revenge of the 1997 World Judo Championships finals, where Douillet had beaten the Japanese heavyweight. The confrontation between the two judokas was extremely tactical, and it was only after one and a half minutes that the Frenchman took the lead thanks to a mowing by the interior of the thigh (uchi-subdued). The referee decision allotted a yuko to Douillet, a decision disputed by Shinohara, who argued that he dodged and then countered the Frenchman. However, the head referee was not moved, and Shinohara did not manage to make up for this lost time. After five minutes of fight, David Douillet was finally able to win his second Olympic gold medal. This was also a victory for the Judo history books as he became the fighter with the most international titles. With six major international titles (2 Olympic titles, 4 world titles), he passed the Japanese Yasuhiro Yamashita (1 Olympic title, 4 world titles) who won his titles in the seventies. The Olympic tournament in Sydney, however, marked the end of the road for the French judoka, who immediately announced his retirement after the competition.

Top Facts about David Douillet

1. David Douillet is a retired French judoka and politician.
2. He won two Olympic gold medals in judo.
3. Douillet was world champion three times.
4. He served as Minister of Sports in France from 2010-2012.
5. Douillet was elected to the French National Assembly in 2017.
6. He has written several books about his life and career.
7. Douillet is known for his physical strength and imposing stature.
8. He retired from competitive judo in 2005 at age 35.
9. Douillet has been involved in various charitable causes throughout his career.
10. He remains a popular figure in both sports and politics in France.