Dartford judo player Charlotte Jenman nominated to join diving great Tom Daley and GB gymnast Courtney Tulloch as a winner of SportsAid's One-to-Watch Award

Teenage judo prospect Charlotte Jenman could get used to the feeling of toppling the world’s best.

Dartford star Jenman has enjoyed a breakthrough year with bronze at the under-18s European Championships and a handful of medals on the European Cup circuit.

And her superb 2022 has been rewarded with nomination for SportsAid’s annual One-to-Watch Award, shortlisted in the top 10 from a raft of 1,000 young athletes supported by the charity across 60 different sports.

Jenman, 17, collected her Championship honour the hard way, bouncing back to beat world No.1 Michela Terranova having fouled out of her semi-final.

She said: “I had a few training camps before the Europeans, my coach has some good contacts, and he made sure my preparation was ideal.

“I felt great going out there and I knew I was going there to win a medal. I was really happy with my performances, it was one of my best of the year.

“I was really disheartened after the semi-final, it’s the worst way to lose. I’d always rather get thrown.

“I had the problem of coming back from defeat but I also had the problem of facing the best fighter in the world. She’d won every single gold medal in the season.

“Watching the video back, you can see I couldn’t believe I beat her. When I threw her, they didn’t give a score, but when they did, it felt incredible.

“I think people now see me as that player to watch.

“It makes me happy that they see me like that and makes me want to keep working, so they’re still watching out for me.”

One of Jenman’s key strengths is the variety of her judo, equally adept at ground grappling techniques known as ne-waza and eye-catching throws.

She credits her father, Jack, for getting her started in the sport and first coach Andy Dodds for helping