Samantha Cook

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Samantha Cook
Born (1987-11-10) 10 November 1987 (age 35) [1]
Kingswood, England
Division
  • Middleweight Gi
    −69 kilograms (−152 lb)
  • Middleweight No-Gi
    −66.5 kilograms (−147 lb)
Style Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Team Checkmat / Fight Zone London
TrainerMarco Canha
Chico Mendes
Rank BJJ black belt
Medal record
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
World Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2019 California, USA -69 kg [2]
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2018 California, USA -69 kg [3]
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Lisbon, Portugal -69 kg [4]
European No-Gi Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Rome, Italy+80
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2019 Rome, Italy Open Class [5]
Abu Dhabi World Pro
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2019 Abu Dhabi, UAE-70 kg [6]
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2019 Abu Dhabi, UAE-70 kg [7]
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2019 London, UK-70 kg [8]
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2018 Los Angeles, US-70 kg [9]
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 Tokyo, Japan-70 kg [10]
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 Abu Dhabi, UAE-90 kg [11]

Samantha Cook (born 10 November 1987) is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt competitor. Cook is a No-Gi World champion, a four-time European champion and a four-time British champion in coloured belts. The first British female to win the ADCC Trials in the black belt division, she is a multiple time World Medalist and the 2019 European Champion in both Gi and No-Gi. [1]

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Career

Samantha Lea Cook was born in Kingswood near Bristol, England. During her youth she started in judo then competed in show jumping. [12] At the age of 21 she discovered Brazilian jiu-jitsu and after moving to Bristol in 2008, started training under Checkmat's Chico Mendes. [13]

In 2014 Cook won the European Championship for the first time as a purple belt. [14] At the 2015 IBJJF/UKBJJF British Nationals, she won quadruple gold after winning in two divisions in Gi and No-Gi, that same year she moved to London joining Checkmat's affiliate Fight Factory then Fightzone London under Marco Canha. [14] She pursued her training in the evenings while working as a Respiratory therapist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. [15] As a brown belt Cook won gold at the ADCC European Trials, the first British women to do so at black belt level; [14] then won the 2017 European Open (Gi and No-Gi) followed by a double silver medal at the 2017 World Championship in both her weight division and in absolute. [14]

Her promotion to black belt took place in June 2017. In August, debuting at black belt at Polaris Pro Grappling 5, in a Gi Match at 64 kg, she defeated Nottingham's Vanessa English by judges decision. [16] [17] In July 2018 she won gold at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Tokyo in the 70 kg division, after defeating Claudia do Val, and gold at the 2018 UAEJJF Grand Slam Abu Dhabi after submitting Thamara Silva. [12] At Polaris 7 she lost a No-Gi match to Finland's world champion Venla Luukkonen after a split judges decision. [18] Cook won bronze at the 2018 IBJJF World Championship then gold at the 2019 European Championship in both Gi and No-Gi (as well as bronze in No-Gi absolute). In 2019 she won bronze again at the World Championship, bronze at the Abu Dhabi World Pro, followed by silver at the UAEJJF Grand Slam, Abu Dhabi. [5] That same year, Cook won gold at the UAEJJF British National Pro and gold at the UAEJJF Netherland National Pro. [19]

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitive summary

Main Achievements (Black Belt) [1]

Main Achievements (Coloured Belts) [1]

Instructor lineage

Helio Gracie > Rolls Gracie > Romero Cavalcanti (Jacaré) > Ricardo Vieira > Marco Canha > Samantha Cook [20]

Notes

  1. ↑ Absolute
  2. 1 2 3 Weight and absolute

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References

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  3. ↑ "2018 World Championship results". International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.
  4. ↑ "2019 European Championship results". International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.
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  6. ↑ "Abu Dhabi Jiu Jitsu Pro 2019 Results". Abu Dhabi Jiu Jitsu Pro. 2019.
  7. ↑ "Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Abu Dhabi 2019 results". Abu Dhabi Jiu Jitsu Pro. 2019.
  8. ↑ "Abu Dhabi Jiu Jitsu Grand Slam 2019 London results". Abu Dhabi Jiu Jitsu Pro. 2019.
  9. ↑ "Results, Abu Dhabi Jiu Jitsu Grand Slam LA 2018". Abu Dhabi Jiu Jitsu Pro. 2018.
  10. ↑ "Results, Abu Dhabi Jiu Jitsu Grand Slam 2018 Tokyo". Abu Dhabi Jiu Jitsu Pro. 2018.
  11. ↑ "Results, Abu Dhabi Jiu Jitsu Grand Slam 2018 Abu Dhabi". Abu Dhabi Jiu Jitsu Pro. 2018.
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  13. ↑ "High Performance Resources for Athletes and Executives". PerformWell High Performance Coaching. 1 July 2015.
  14. 1 2 3 4 Left, Maggie (8 March 2019). "ADGS London: European Champ Samantha Cook Looking for Gold at Home". FloGrappling.
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  17. ↑ "Polaris 5 Results: Tonon Beats Danis in Exciting Match!". BJJ Heroes. 19 August 2017.
  18. ↑ "Polaris 7 Results". Attack The Back. 15 July 2018.
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  20. ↑ "Road to Abu Dhabi World 2019 Best Prospects". Jiu Jitsu Legacy. 14 April 2019.
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