Weight Category: 63 kg

Club: USA Judo National Resident Training Center Team

Career Highlights

Current World Ranking: No. 53
2022 Maccabiah Games Champion
7x Continental Open Medalist
2x Senior National Champion (2022, 2021)

International Judo Federation Competition History: Sara Golden IJF Profile

Personal: A two-time Senior National Champion by the age of 20, Golden began judo at just six years old and later added wrestling to her repertoire, competing in both sports throughout middle and high school before choosing to focus on judo. Golden qualified for her first U.S. National Team in 2017 when she fought at the Cadet World Championships as a 16 year old. The rising star qualified for the first of her three Senior World Championship Teams at just 19 in 2021 and is a top athlete to watch on the Road to the Paris and Los Angeles Olympic Games.

Competition Highlights:

2024:

Seventh - Senior Pan American-Oceania Championships

2023:

Gold - Cordoba Pan American Open
Bronze - Santiago Pan American Open
Bronze - Kuwait City Asian Open
Fifth - Guayaquil Pan American Open
Seventh - Pan American Games
Seventh - Prague European Open

2022:

Gold - USA Judo Senior National Championships
Gold - Maccabiah Games
Santo Domingo Pan American Open
Bronze - Tunis African Open
Fifth - Perth Grand Prix

2021:

Gold - USA Judo Senior National Championships

2020:

Gold - Junior Pan American Championships
Silver - Lima Pan American Open

2019:

Gold - USA Judo Youth National Championships
Silver - USA Judo Senior National Championships

2018:

Gold - USA Judo Youth National Championships

2017:

Gold - Cadet Pan American Championships

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