Andressa Cintra a

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1st deg. black belt athlete. A three-time IBJJF World and four-time CBJJ Brazilian Nationals Champion in colored belts; Cintra is a four-time black belt World Champion.

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and Brasileiro Champion. Cintra is ranked No. 1 in the middleweight 2022–2023

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Gi Ranking.

Early life

Andressa Cintra was born 4 August 1995, in

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, Brazil before her family resettled in

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. She started

at 14 under Joao Guedes and Rodrigo Feijao. In 2013 as a blue belt she won the

Brazilian Nationals The Campeonato Brasileiro de Jiu-Jitsu (lit. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship), commonly known as ''Brasileiro'', is an annual Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) tournament held in Brazil by the IBJJF. ''Brasileiro'' has been held annually since 1996, ...

while attending a Physical Education college. Training under various coaches including Caio Almeida, the co-founder of the Almeida Jiu Jitsu academy and Luiz Guilherme from who she received her purple belt training with Guigo Jiu Jitsu team in São Paulo; she finally joined Checkmat after returning to in Curitiba training under black belt Sebastian Lalli. Cintra received her brown belt from Lalli and in December 2017 her black belt at the podium after her World Championship win, In 2018 she moved to

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, Texas, married Lucas Valente of

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and joined the team, teaching and training under both Valente and 6th Degree Black Belt Vinicius "Draculino" Magalhães.

Black belt career

In 2019 Cintra won her fist IBJJF World Championship as a black belt. Three years after receiving her black belt she received her 1st degree from Draculino in 2020. Cintra competed in the

2023 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship The 2023 IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship was an international Brazilian jiu-jitsu event organised by the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJFF) and held at the California State University, Long Beach in California from 1 to 4 Ju ...

on June 3 and 4, 2023 winning her fourth consecutive Worlds title at middleweight. She then competed at the

IBJJF No-Gi World Championship The World No-Gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship is a no- gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) tournament hosted annually by the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation held at California State University in Long Beach, California. The 2022 edition ...

2023, where she won the heavyweight division. Cintra won a gold medal in the middleweight division of the

IBJJF World Championship The World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship (commonly known as the Worlds or Mundials) is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament held once every year by the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation. It is widely considered to be the most important and ...

2024 on June 1, 2024.

Championships and accomplishments

Main Achievements (at black belt): * IBJJF World Champion (2019 / 2021 / 2022 / 2023) * IBJJF Pan Champion (2020) * CBJJ Brazilian Nationals Champion (2022) * IBJJF Pan Champion (2021) Main Achievements (at colored Belts): * IBJJF World Champion (2017 brown, 2016 purple) * CBJJ Brazilian Nationals Champion (2017 brown, 2016 purple, 2014/2013 blue) * IBJJF South American Champion (2017 brown) * 2nd place IBJJF World Championship (2016 purple) * 2nd place IBJJF Pans Championship (2017 brown) * 2nd place CBJJ Brazilian Nationals (2016 purple) * 2nd place IBJJF South American Championship (2016/2015 purple) * 3rd place CBJJ Brasileiro Championship (2017 brown, 2014 blue) * 3rd place IBJJF South American Championship (2016/2015 purple)

Instructor lineage

Carlos Gracie Carlos Gracie (September 14, 1902October 7, 1994) was a Brazilian martial artist who is credited with being one of the primary developers of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Along with his younger brother Hélio Gracie and fellow students Luis França and ...

Carlson Gracie Carlson Gracie (August 13, 1932 – February 1, 2006) was a practitioner of Brazilian jiu-jitsu. A member of the Gracie family, he was the eldest son of Carlos Gracie, and nephew to Hélio Gracie, founders of Gracie jiu-jitsu. Carlson Gr ...

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Notes

References

External links

An Interview with Black Belt World Champion Andressa Cintra
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cintra, Andressa 1995 births Living people People from Campo Mourão Martial artists from Paraná (state) Brazilian practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Female Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioners Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champions (women)