Returning Gold Medalists Coming To The 2021 World Championships

There's an army of prior World Champs looking to retain their place at the top of the mountain.

Dec 6, 2021 by Chase Smith

Returning Gold Medalists Coming To The 2021 World Championships

While there is indeed a 'new wave' of incoming talent at the black belt ranks prepared to shake things up at the 2021 World Championships, there's an army of prior World Champs looking to retain their place at the top of the mountain.

Below are all the prior World Champsiobs registered to compete at the 2021 World championships

Dec 8-12, 2021, 5:30 PM UTC

2021 World Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship

Returning Men's Black Belt Champs

Note: The Weight class listed below represents athletes registration for this year's Championships and not necessarily the weight class where they've obtained a prior world title.

Roosterweight

Bruno Malfacine (10x)
Mikey Musumeci (3x)

Light-Feather

Ary Farias (2x)

Featherweight

Shane Jamil Hill-Taylor (2018)

Lightweight

Matheus Gabriel (2019)

Middleweight

Isaque Bahiense (2018)

Medium-Heavy

Leandro Lo (7x)
Gustavo Batista (2018)
Lucas Hulk Barbosa (2018)
Otavio Sousa (3x)

Super-Heavy

Felipe Pena (2x)

Ultra-Heavy

Nicholas Meregali (2x)

Returning Women's Black Belt Champs

Note: The Weight class listed below represents athlete's registration for this year's Championships and not necessarily the weight class where they've obtained a prior world title

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