A 36-year-old veteran woman judo player has brought honor to Davao City after winning a gold in the Beautiful Terengganu International Judo Competition held at Gong Badak Sports Complex in
Malaysia over the weekend.
Jenilou Mosqueda, a resident of Lanang, Davao City ruled the women's half middleweight (-63 kilograms) category in the prestigious international judo tournament. Moqueda, a veteran campaigner of several judo tournaments both local and abroad beat fellow Filipina Lei Tolentino of the University of Sto. Tomas (UST) judo varsity team via Ippon by Newaza (grappling) in their championship match to win the gold medal.
Mosqueda reached the finals earlier after beating Nur Fatin Izzati Ahmad Rosca of Penang and Sitti Namah Abdul Manan of Terangganu in earlier bouts. The Davaoena is very happy and proud of her win. After her win, Mosqueda is set to compete in the Asian Indoor Martial Arts in Turkmenistan come September this year.
Being a veteran judo player Mosqueda is also currently helping the junior members of the national judo team for transition when she along with other veterans retire.
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