Biography:
Career Accolades:
3x World Team Member
Fighting Spirit Award
Overall Best Female Athlete Award
Most Outstanding Junior Female
Outstanding IFJ Junior Competitor
Best Technique Award
1st Santo Domingo Junior Pan-American Cup 2019
1st Quebec Open U21 Montreal 2019
2nd European Cup Poznan 2019
2nd US Senior Nationals
High School/College Academic Achievements:
Chancellor’s List at Purdue University Global
Favorite Athletic Moment:
Taking second in the Poland European Cup in 2019
Favorite Judo Technique:
Uchi Mata
Other Family Members who do judo:
Brother: Michael Golden
Father: Robert Golden
Why you started judo?:
I saw my brother doing wrestling while he was in middle school and I thought “I can do that” so my parents put me in judo because my dad had also done it growing up
Influential Athletes:
Kaori Matsumoto because I love her intensity while fighting as well as her transitioning
Future Aspirations:
Win the Olympics and Senior World Championships
Hobbies:
I like just spending time with my friends and going kayaking
Secret Talent:
N/A
Parents/Family Members:
Mother: Anna Golden
Father: Robert Golden
Brother: Michael Golden
Home Dojo:
Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center
Coconut Creek, FL
Coach:
German Velazco
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