Andressa Cintra a Brazilian jiu-jitsu 1st deg. black belt athlete.[a] 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]
