Ana Carolina Vieira (fighter)

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Ana Carolina Vieira
Born (1993-11-19) 19 November 1993 (age 30)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Other namesAna Carolina Vieira Srour
NicknameBaby, Carol [1]
Division
  • Medium-Heavy
  • −74 kg (163.1 lb)
  • Middleweight
  • −69 kg (152.1 lb)
Style Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Team GFTeam
Aviv Jiu-Jitsu
Trainer Luanna Alzuguir
Rank2nd deg. BJJ black belt [a]
Notable relatives Luanna Alzuguir (spouse)
Rodolfo Vieira (brother)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Submission Grappling
ADCC World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Nevada, USA −65 kg
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 California, USA −74 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 California, USA −Absolute
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 California, USA −74 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 California, USA −69 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 California, USA −Absolute
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 California, USA −69 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 California, USA −Absolute
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 California, USA −69 kg
World No-GI Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 California, USA − 66.5 kg
Pan-American Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Florida, USA −74 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Florida, USA Absolute
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Florida, USA −74 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Florida, USA Absolute
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Florida, USA −74 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Florida, USA Absolute
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Florida, USA − 69 kg
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Lisbon, Portugal −69 kg
AJP Abu Dhabi World Pro
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Abu Dhabi, UAE −70 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Abu Dhabi, UAE −70 kg

Ana Carolina Vieira is a Brazilian grappler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and competitor. [a] A multiple-time World and Brazilian champion in the lower belts divisions, Vieira is a five-time black belt IBJJF World champion, four-time IBJJF Pan Champion, two-time Abu Dhabi World Pro Champion and European champion. She is the founder of Aviv jiu-jitsu.

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Biography

Ana Carolina Vieira was born on 19 November 1993 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [2] She started learning capoeira then Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) at the age of 14 but quit because of the lack of girls. She chose to return to BJJ at 17 after watching her brother Rodolfo Vieira compete. [3]

Grappling career

She started training under coach Gabriel Marinho winning as a blue belt in 2012 three major competitions: the Abu Dhabi World Pro trials, the World Championship and the Brazilian Nationals. [4] As a member of the Grappling Fight Team, which also included female athletes such as Mayssa Bastos, Amanda Monteiro and Thamires Aquino, Vieira began training under head coach Julio Cesar Pereira. Vieira started winning championships at every belt levels. She was promoted to black belt in June 2016. [2] The following year she became black belt IBJJF World Champion then in 2018 she won both Gi and No Gi Worlds. [3] On 26 March 2023, Vieira won a fourth gold medal in the Medium-Heavyweight division of the 2023 IBJJF Pan Championship. [5]

2024

Vieira competed at the second ADCC South American Trials 2024 on March 9, 2024, where she won a gold medal at under 65kg and was invited to the 2024 ADCC World Championship. [6]

Vieira defeated Amanda Leve, Bia Mesquita, and Helena Crevar to win gold in the under 65kg division at the 2024 ADCC World Championship on August 17-18, 2024. [7]

Vieira competed against Aurelie Le Vern at ADXC 7 on November 17, 2024. [8] She lost the match by decision. [9]

Championships and accomplishments

Main Achievements (black belt level): [1] [2]

Main Achievements (Colored Belts): [2]

Instructor lineage

Luis França > Oswaldo Fadda > Monir Salomão > Júlio César Pereira> Ana Carolina Vieira [2]

Personal life

Vieira is the cofounder with her wife Hall of Famer, 5 x IBJJF World champion and ADCC champion Luanna Alzuguir of Aviv Jiu-Jitsu, and the sister of multiple-time world champion and Hall of Fame Rodolfo Vieira. [12] [13]

Notes

  1. 1 2 under Julio Cesar Pereira
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Absolute
  3. 1 2 Weight and Absolute

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