Meggie Ochoa

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Meggie Ochoa
Hangzhou Asian Games jiu-jitsu gold medalist Margarita "Meggie" Ochoa (cropped).jpg
Ochoa in 2023
BornMargarita P. Ochoa
(1990-05-06) May 6, 1990 (age 34)
NationalityFilipino
Style Japanese and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
TeamAtos Jiu-jitsu Philippines
Rank  black belt in BJJ under Andre Galvao
Other information
University Ateneo de Manila University

Margarita "Meggie" P. Ochoa [1] (born May 6, 1990) is a Filipino jujutsu practitioner. She competes both in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and the standard form of the discipline.

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Education

Ochoa was born on May 6, 1990 [2] to Jobert and Lee P. Ochoa [3] She studied at Saint Pedro Poveda College for her basic education, graduating from the school in 2008. [4] For college, she attended the Ateneo de Manila University, where she graduated in 2012 with a bachelor's degree in business management. [5] She was part of her university's track team. [6]

Career

Early years

After graduating from college, Ochoa took up mixed martial arts (MMA) but she was deterred by the lack of opponents in her weight class at the time. [6] She has a small build [7] and has tried judo before MMA. [1]

She would take up jujutsu in 2013, [7] after changing teams where the coach suggest her to try to martial art. [6] For the next three years she has relied on crowdfunding as she works to obtain a black belt in Brazilian jujutsu (BJJ). [1]

Brazilian jujutsu

Ochoa is a three-time champion at the World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship (2014 as a white belt, 2015 and 2016 as a blue belt) [8]

She would participate at the 2018 Ju-Jitsu World Championships in Sweden, where she would become the first Filipino jujutsu champion by bagging the gold medal in the women's BJJ -49kg. [9] She was promoted to brown belt for the feat. [10]

Ochoa would be promoted to BJJ black belt by August 2022. [11] She added another World Championships gold medal in the 2022 edition held in the United Arab Emirates, this time in the women's -48kg. [12] [13]

Jiu-jitsu

Ochoa would also compete in standard jiu-jitsu. She took part in the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Turkmenistan, where she won a gold medal in the women's -45kg. [14]

She has competed in the Asian Games twice. At the 2018 edition in Jakarta, Indonesia she would clinch a bronze in the women's -49 kg event. [15] At the 2022 edition in Hangzhou, China in October 2023, Ochoa won a gold medal in the -48 kg event. [16] She endured a flu which she recovered from only a day after the final match, and a hip injury which she incurred in the semifinal. [17]

At the 2023 Asian Ju-Jitsu Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, Ochoa would win the women's -48 kg title. [18] [19]

Ochoa has also competed in the Southeast Asian Games from 2019 to the 2023 edition across multiple weight class. [20] She has won two golds (-45kg in 2019 [21] and -48kg in 2021 [22] ) and a silver medal (-52kg in 2023). [20]

Personal life

Ochoa has worked in a non-profit organization before committing to her sporting career in 2014. [23] She has also been an advocate against child sexual abuse since 2015. [24] [25] She founded Fight to Protect, a non-profit organization which teaches child survivors of abuse martial arts. [20]

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