Jhenifer Aquino

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Jhenifer Aquino
Born (1994-09-06) 6 September 1994 (age 29)
São Paulo, Brazil
Other namesJhenifer Aquino Gonzaga
Residence San Diego, California
Division Rooster −48.5 kg
Team Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Rank BJJ black belt [lower-alpha 1]
OccupationBJJ instructor
Notable relativesThamires Aquino (sister)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
World Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 California, USA − 48.5 kg
World No-GI Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 California, USA −46.5 kg
Pan-American Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 California, USA − 48.5 kg
Pan-American No-GI Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 California, USA − 46.5 kg

Jhenifer Aquino a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt practitioner. [lower-alpha 1] A World and two-time IBJJF Pan Champion in colored belts, Aquino is a black belt World No-Gi and Pan No-Gi Champion and a 2023 IBJJF World Championship and 2023 Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship medallist. Aquino is ranked No. 5 in the rooster weight 2022–2023 IBJJF Gi Ranking.

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Early life

Jhenifer Aquino was born on 6 September 1994, in São Paulo, Brazil. After practicing capoeira from age 11, she started jiu-jitsu at 15, influenced by her twin sister Thamires who was already training jiu-jitsu under André Ricardo. After receiving her blue belt, she took a break from training to finish veterinary school and only returned to the mats in 2017. [2] After meeting her husband, black belt Matheus Gonzaga, Aquino started practicing more regularly at Bernardo Faria‘s Academy in Massachusetts, USA, where she earned her purple belt. [1]

Career

As a purple Aquino she moved to San Diego, California to join Atos Jiu-Jitsu becoming a full-time athlete and competing extensively. In 2019, she won bronze at the World Championship as a purple belt. After receiving her brown belt, she became World and Pan champion. [3]

2022-2023 - Black belt debut

Aquino received her black belt from Atos team leader, multiple world and ADCC champion André Galvão on 28 December 2021. [1] In four months at black belt, Aquino won five gold medals in two championships held in the United States, the IBJJF Los Angeles Open, where she won her category, and the IBJJF Boise Open, where she won her weight class and the absolute in both Gi and No-Gi. [2] In 2022 she became black belt World No-Gi Champion, Pan No-Gi Champion and American National Champion. [4] On June 3 and 4, Aquino competed in the 2023 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, winning a silver medal at rooster weight. [5]

Aquino is ranked No. 5 in the rooster weight 2022–2023 IBJJF Gi Ranking and No. 6 in the overall No-Gi Ranking. [6]

2024 onwards

Aquino won a silver medal in the light-featherweight division of the IBJJF Orange County Open on April 21, 2024. [7]

Championships and accomplishments

Main Achievements (at black belt): [1]

Main Achievements (at colored Belts): [1]

Instructor lineage

Helio Gracie → Rolls Gracie → Romero "Jacare" Cavalcanti → Alexandre Paiva → Fernando "Tererê" Augusto → André Galvao → Jhenifer Aquino [1]

Personal life

She is the twin sister of Brasileiro champion Thamires Aquino. [1]

Notes

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Faixa-preta de André Galvão, Jhenifer Aquino fatura cinco medalhas de ouro e desponta como promessa do Jiu-Jitsu". Blog Faixa Preta (in Portuguese).
  3. ↑ Machado, Mateus (27 May 2022). "Jiu-Jitsu: Jhenifer Aquino celebra conquistas recentes e chega com destaque para o Mundial da IBJJF". TATAME (in Portuguese).
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