Tainan Dalpra

Tainan Dalpra (born 6 November 2000) is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt competitor. After winning every major tournaments as a colored belt, Dalpra is the current middleweight black belt World Champion, Pan American Champion and European Champion.[1] As of April 2022, Dalpra is ranked as the world's best Gi jiu-jitsu blackbelt pound for pound, by FloGrappling.

Tainan Dalpra
Born (2000-11-06) 6 November 2000[1]
Florianópolis, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
DivisionMiddleweight −82.3 kilograms (−181 lb)
StyleBrazilian Jiu-Jitsu
TeamArt of Jiu-Jitsu (AOJ)
Rank  black belt in BJJ
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
World Championship
2021 California, USA -82.3 kg
European Championship
2022 Rome, Italy -82.3 kg
Pan-American Championship
2022 California, USA -82.3 kg
2021 California, USA -82.3 kg
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam
2021 Miami, US-85 kg

Career

Tainan Dalpra Costa was born in florianópolis, Brazil. At the age of 5 his father started him training Brazilian jiu-jitsu. While competing at the IBJJF Pan Kids at the age of 13, while he was an orange belt, Dalpra met Rafael and Guilherme Mendes of the the Art of Jiu-Jitsu academy (AOJ) which runs one of the most best jiu-jitsu kids programs in the world.[2] In 2015 Dalpra moved to Costa Mesa, California joining AOJ's competition team and scholarship program under the guidance of the Mendes brothers. As a juvenile Dalpra won every competition that he joined including Pan Jiu-Jitsu and World Jiu-Jitsu. In 2018 he won double gold at every single competition in the adult division and was promoted to purple belt on the podium of the world championship.[1]

In October 2020 Dalpra was promoted to black belt on the podium of the Pan championship by his coach Guilherme Mendes.[3] In 2021 Dalpra won the World Championship, the Pan Championship, the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Miami followed by the 2022 European Championship and the 2022 Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship for the second time, a tournament he has now won at blue, purple, brown and black belt.[4] According to the 2022 FloGrappling Ranking, Dalpra is the number one Gi jiu-jitsu pound-for-pound black belt.[5]

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitive summary

Main Achievements (Black Belt):[1]

  • IBJJF World Champion (2021)
  • 2 x IBJJF Pan Champion (2021 / 2022))
  • IBJJF European Open Champion (2022)
  • AJP Grand Slam Miami winner (2021)

Main Achievements (Colored Belts):[1][6]

  • IBJJF World Champion (2018 blue)
  • 2nd Place IBJJF World Championship (2019 purple)
  • IBJJF Pan Champion (2018[lower-alpha 1] blue, 2019 purple)
  • IBJJF European Champion (2019 purple, 2020 brown)
  • Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Miami winner (2020 brown)
  • Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Abu Dhabi winner (2018 purple)
  • Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Los Angeles winner (2018 purple)
  • Abu Dhabi World Pro Champion (2019 purple
  • IBJJF Juvenile World Champion (2016 / 2017[lower-alpha 2])
  • IBJJF Juvenile World Champion NoGi (2016[lower-alpha 1])
  • IBJJF Juvenile Pan Champion (2016 / 2017[lower-alpha 1])
  • 2nd Place IBJJF Juvenile World Championship (2017)

Notes
  1. Weight and absolute
  2. Absolute

References
  1. "Tainan Dalpra". BJJ Heroes. 19 October 2020.
  2. Jones, Phil (16 April 2022). "Opinion: Art Of Jiu-Jitsu Shows The Secret To Long-Term Success". Jitsmagazine.com.
  3. Coate, Ben (11 April 2022). "2022 IBJJF Pans results, highlights, and recap: The weekend's biggest winners". Grappling Insider.
  4. Coate, Ben (7 September 2021). "2021 IBJJF Pans Results: Tainan Dalpra Wins First Pan Championship as Black Belt". Grappling Insider.
  5. "Pound For Pound". FloGrappling. 24 February 2022.
  6. "Tainan Dalpra – Fighter profile". Abu Dhabi Jiu Jitsu Pro. 16 April 2022.
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