Tainan Dalpra Costa (born 6 November 2000) is a

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black belt competitor. A winner of every major tournaments as a colored belt, Dalpra is a two-time

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, and

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champion. Dalpra is ranked No. 1 in the middleweight 2022-2023 IBJJF Gi Ranking.

Early career

Tainan Dalpra was born in

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, Brazil. At the age of 5, his father started teaching him

. While competing at the IBJJF Pan Kids at the age of 13, while he was an orange belt, Dalpra met

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and

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of the Art of Jiu-Jitsu Academy (AOJ) which runs one of the best jiu-jitsu kids programs in the world. In 2015 Dalpra moved to

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, California joining AOJ's competition team and scholarship program under the guidance of the Mendes brothers. As a juvenile Dalpra won every competition that he joined including Pan Jiu-Jitsu and World Jiu-Jitsu. In 2018 he won double gold at every single competition in the adult division and was promoted to purple belt on the podium of the world championship.

Black belt career

2020-21

In October 2020 Dalpra was promoted to black belt on the podium of the Pan championship by his coach Guilherme Mendes. In 2021 Dalpra won the

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, the Pan Championship, and the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Miami. He also competed at BJJ Stars 6 on June 26, 2021 and submitted Athos Mirando with a lapel choke. He returned to the promotion at BJJ Stars 7 on November 6, 2021 where he submitted Lucas Gualberto with a toehold. He was then invited to compete in the IBJJF Middleweight Grand Prix on November 13, 2021. He defeated Renato Canuto 9-2 on points in the opening round and submitted Jonnatas Gracie with a choke in order to win the tournament.

2022

He then won the 2022 European Championship and the 2022 Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship for the second time, a tournament he has now won at blue, purple, brown and black belt. In May, 2022 it was announced that Dalpra had a signed a contract to compete for

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in the future. Dalpra then won the IBJJF World Championship in the middleweight division for a second time in 2022. Dalpra was invited to compete in a superfight against Rodrigo Lopes at the IBJJF Middleweight Grand Prix on October 28th, 2022. He submitted Lopes with an armbar at 4:22.

2023

Dalpra returned to the IBJJF European Championship in 2023, winning gold in the middleweight division. In March 2023 Dalpra faced Isaque Bahiense in a 30-minute superfight at the ''IBJJF FloGrappling Grand Prix'' in

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. Dalpra won the match on points, 19-2. On March 26, 2023, Dalpra won a gold medal in the middleweight division of the IBJJF Pan Championship 2023. He then competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro de Jiu-Jitsu on May 7, 2023 and won gold in the middleweight division. Dalpra competed at the 2023 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship on June 3 and 4, winning a silver medal in the middleweight division. Dalpra's loss to Jansen Gomes, by way of tiebreaking advantages, 0x0, 2-0, in the final marked the first loss of his IBJJF black belt career. Dalpra returned to competition at the IBJJF Asian Championship 2023 on July 7 and won gold in the medium-heavyweight division. Dalpra then competed at the Tough Roll Winter Grand Prix on June 29, 2023, submitting Burak Sarman with a brabo choke. Dalpra competed against Yan Paiva at the IBJJF Absolute Grand Prix on September 1, 2023. He won the match by submission. Dalpra has been invited to compete in the middleweight division of The Crown on November 19, 2023, alongside Jackson Nagai, Andy Murasaki, and Pedro Maia.

Personal life

Dalpra is married to another

competitor, Sophia Dalpra.

Philanthropy

Dalpra auctioned the unique gi he wore at the Campeonato Brasileiro de Jiu-Jitsu in 2023 to raise money for social projects in Brazil. The auction was completed on May 15, 2023 and the sale raised $4,000 for three different charities in Brazil.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitive summary

Main Achievements (Black Belt): * IBJJF World Champion (2021 / 2022) * Brazilian National Champion (2023) * 2 x IBJJF Pan Champion (2021 / 2022)) * IBJJF European Open Champion (2022) * AJP Grand Slam Miami winner (2021) Main Achievements (Colored Belts): * IBJJF World Champion (2018 blue) * 2nd Place IBJJF World Championship (2019 purple) * IBJJF Pan Champion (2018 blue, 2019 purple) * IBJJF European Champion (2019 purple, 2020 brown) * Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Miami winner (2020 brown) * Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Abu Dhabi winner (2018 purple) * Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Los Angeles winner (2018 purple) * Abu Dhabi World Pro Champion (2019 purple * IBJJF Juvenile World Champion (2016 / 2017) * IBJJF Juvenile World Champion NoGi (2016) * IBJJF Juvenile Pan Champion (2016 / 2017) * 2nd Place IBJJF Juvenile World Championship (2017)

Awards and honors

*2021 Jitsmagazine Male Grappler of the Year (Gi) *2022 Jitsmagazine Male Grappler of the Year (Gi)

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dalpra, Tainan Living people 2000 births Sportspeople from Florianópolis Brazilian practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship medalists