{"id":249225,"date":"2025-09-23T15:14:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T15:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/249225\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T15:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T15:14:08","slug":"jayda-fulp-to-compete-at-junior-world-judo-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/249225\/","title":{"rendered":"Jayda Fulp to Compete at Junior World Judo Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Oct. 7, eighteen-year-old Fort Worthian Jayda Fulp will step onto the tatami in Lima, Peru, to compete against the world\u2019s top judo athletes. The Fort Worth judoka – a term for a judo fighter – has been named to USA Judo\u2019s Junior World Championship roster, a squad of eighteen athletes under twenty-one that will face more than 385 competitors from sixty nations. Fulp will fight in the women\u2019s 78-kilogram division, one of the sport\u2019s most demanding weight classes, according to USA Judo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For Fulp, this is new territory. A year ago, she was still competing at 63 kilograms, finishing seventh at the 2024 Cadet World Championships, her best showing yet at that level. That same year, she claimed gold at the Cadet Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro, toppling Brazil\u2019s world No. 2 Sophia Camara in sudden-death overtime before submitting Costa Rica\u2019s Noilyn Aguilar-Bravo in the final. It was her fifth straight gold medal of 2024, a run that also included wins at the Chandler Challenge, Lonestar Classic, and Youth Nationals.<\/p>\n

Her judo success grew in tandem with a dominant high school wrestling career at Fort Worth Country Day. She became the first Falcon to reach the Prep Wrestling National finals and went undefeated, 26\u20130, through the 2023\u201324 season, picking up both state and Prep National titles.<\/p>\n

Fulp also has a fruitful relationship with the Chandler Judo Academy, where she has worked extensively with coach Carrie Chandler, herself a Pan American champion nearly two decades ago. Together, they have built a foundation that carried Fulp from regional mats in Texas to the global stage.<\/p>\n

Team USA\u2019s Junior World squad is stacked, with seven of its athletes ranked among the top twenty juniors in the world. Fulp isn\u2019t on that list yet, but her r\u00e9sum\u00e9, No. 1 in the U.S. as a Cadet and ranked as high as No. 7 internationally in her former division, marks her as a dangerous draw for anyone in Lima.<\/p>\n

Fulp\u2019s long-term focus is sharp: Los Angeles 2028. When the Olympics return to American soil, she plans to be there in red, white, and blue, carrying Fort Worth with her.<\/p>\n

For now, Peru comes first. If her past is any guide, Fulp has a way of turning potential into something undeniable.<\/p>\n

Complete USA Junior World Roster:<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s 48 kg<\/strong><\/p>\n