White Plains 10-Year-Old Wins Gold At Jiu-Jitsu Competition

White Plains NY

29 July, 2021

3:37 PM

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WHITE PLAINS, NY — A White Plains 10-year-old won a gold medal in her category at the 2021 Pan American IBJJF Jui-Jitsu Championship held in Florida Saturday and Sunday. Raina Tumminello, 10, won the Rooster Class competition Saturday at the Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, Florida. She won a silver medal at last year's Pan American Games, according to her father Joey Tumminello. Raina Tumminello, who attends Church Street School in White Plains, trains at Essential Jiu-Jitsu in Hartsdale. "It feels great," Tumminello told Patch about her win. It's "amazing to finally be able to do it," she said. Like Hudson Valley Patches' Facebook Pages.