Andressa Cintra
Born (1995-08-04) 4 August 1995[1]
Campo Mourão, Brazil
Other namesAndressa Mezari Cintra
DivisionMiddleweight − 69 kg
Fighting out ofTexas, USA
TeamGracie Barra
Checkmat
Rank1st deg. BJJ black belt[lower-alpha 1]
OccupationBJJ instructor
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2023 California, USA − 69 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 California, USA − 69 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 California, USA − 69 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 California, USA − 74 kg
Pan-American Championship
Silver medal – second place 2021 California, USA − 69 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 California, USA − 74 kg
Brazilian Championship
Gold medal – first place 2022 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil −69 kg

Andressa Cintra a Brazilian jiu-jitsu 1st deg. black belt athlete.[lower-alpha 1] A three-time IBJJF World and four-time CBJJ Brazilian Nationals Champion in colored belts; Cintra is a four-time black belt World Champion. Pan American and Brasileiro Champion. Cintra is ranked No. 1 in the middleweight 2022–2023 IBJJF Gi Ranking.[2]

Early life

Andressa Cintra was born 4 August 1995, in Campo Mourão, Brazil[1] before her family resettled in Curitiba. She started Brazilian jiu-jitsu at 14 under Joao Guedes and Rodrigo Feijao.[3] In 2013 as a blue belt she won the Brazilian Nationals while attending a Physical Education college.[4] 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;[3] she finally joined Checkmat after returning to in Curitiba training under black belt Sebastian Lalli.[1]

Cintra received her brown belt from Lalli and in December 2017 her black belt at the podium after her World Championship win,[3] In 2018 she moved to Houston, Texas,[4] married Lucas Valente of Gracie Barra and joined the team, teaching and training under both Valente and 6th Degree Black Belt Vinicius "Draculino" Magalhães.[1]

Black belt career

In 2019 Cintra won her fist IBJJF World Championship as a black belt.[3] Three years after receiving her black belt she received her 1st degree from Draculino in 2020.[5] Cintra competed in the 2023 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship on June 3 and 4, 2023 winning her fourth consecutive Worlds title at middleweight.[6]

She then competed at the IBJJF No-Gi World Championship 2023, where she won the heavyweight division.[7]

Championships and accomplishments

Main Achievements (at black belt):[1]

  • 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):[1]

Instructor lineage

Carlos Gracie > Carlson Gracie > De La Riva > Carlos Lima > Sebastian Lalli > Andressa Cintra[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 UnderSebastian Lalli[1]
  2. 1 2 Weight and absolute
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Absolute

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Andressa Cintra". BJJ Heroes – Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Team History, Fighter Stats, Biographies and News. 28 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "2022–2023 Ranking". 2022–2023 Ranking.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Andressa Cintra Her Record, Net Worth, Weight, Age & More!". BJJ Fanatics. 1 January 1970.
  4. 1 2 Liwag, Jeff (10 September 2020). "Profile of a Powerful Female: Andressa Cintra". Grappling Insider.
  5. ↑ "ANDRESSA CINTRA – Fighter profile". Smoothcomp. 10 June 2023.
  6. ↑ "IBJJF World Championship 2023 Full Results And Review". JitsMagazine. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "IBJJF No Gi World Championship 2023 Full Results And Review". Jitsmagazine. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
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