TWENTY one-year-old Bahamian national judo champion Cynthia Rahming has won the Juan Carlos Vargas and Yanira Vigil International Cup in El Salvador, defeating black belt opponents from El Salvador and Ecuador.
“This is the highest level of international tournament any Bahamian has ever won in judo. Cynthia is on a quest to qualify for the Olympic Games in 2016,” according to a press release.
So far this year she has fought in tournaments and attended training camps in Hungary, Austria, Czechosalvakia, Canada, Japan, Germany, Uruguay, El Salvador, Argentina, and Chile.
“Judo helps to develop character,” says Cynthia. “But it is a very tough sport to win at.” She has seen continuous improvement at each tournament and this has been rewarded by the International Judo Federation sponsoring her to compete in the World Championships in August in Kazakhstan.
Cynthia is coached by her brother D’Arcy Rahming Jr, a former competitor, who was certified after a course in Hungary as the highest level coach for the International Judo Federation. You can follow her on her blog at TrainwithCinny.com
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