Amal Amjahid

Amal Amjahid (Arabic: أمل مجاهد, born 28 October 1995) is a Belgian ground grappler who represents her home country Belgium in Sport Jujitsu (JJIF), discipline Ne-waza and different professional teams (fighting clubs) in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (IBJJF, UAEJJF).

Amal Amjahid
Personal information
Native nameأمل مجاهد
National teamBelgium
Born (1995-10-28) 28 October 1995[1]
Sint-Agatha-Berchem, Belgium
Sport
SportBrazilian Jiu-Jitsu (Ne-waza)
Weight class-55 kg, −57 kg, −63 kg, −70 kg
ClubCENS Academy
TeamPat Academy BJJ
Coached byKhalid Houry
Updated on 30 November 2019.

Career

She begun with sport jujitsu at age of 7 in Brussels.[2] Her family is originally from Morocco.[3] She is practising ground variant of ju-jitsu – Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at CENS Academy under supervision of her personal coach and stepfather Khalid Houry.[4] She is winner of World Games in Wrocław from 2017 and five times individual world champion (JJIF) – 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 in discipline Ne-waza (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu).

She is also participate at pro level tournaments which many times use title World (European) Championships but are regulated by private profite sport bodies – IBJJF or UAEJJF. She gained black belt in 2019. As black belt she is winner of European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship in 2019 as member of pro team Pat Academy BJJ.[5]

Results

World Games (IWGA + JJIF)
Year Place Medal Discipline Category
2017Wrocław ( Poland) GoldNe-waza−55 kg
2017Wrocław ( Poland) GoldNe-wazaopen
Ju-Jitsu World Championships (JJIF)
2014Paris ( France) SilverNe-waza−63 kg
2015Bangkok ( Thailand) GoldNe-waza−63 kg
2016Wrocław ( Poland) GoldNe-waza−55 kg
2017Bogota ( Colombia) GoldNe-waza−70 kg
2018Malmö ( Sweden) GoldNe-waza−55 kg
2019Abu Dhabi ( United Arab Emirates) GoldNe-waza−57 kg
Ju-Jitsu European Championships (JJEU + JJIF)
2015Almere ( Netherlands) GoldNe-waza−63 kg
2018Gliwice ( Poland) GoldNe-waza−70 kg
2019Bucharest ( Romania) GoldNe-waza−70 kg

References

  1. "Info System". worldgames2017.sportresult.com.
  2. "Amal Amjahid". BJJ Heroes. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  3. "Jiu-Jitsu : Qui est Amal Amjahid, la jeune Belge championne du monde qui collectionne les médailles ?". parismatch.be (in French). 26 November 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  4. "Immigration Issues Put Brown Belt Champion Amal Amjahid Out Of IBJJF Worlds". flograppling.com. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  5. "International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation -". ibjjfdb.com. Retrieved 11 December 2019.


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