Leandro Lo

Leandro Lo
Leandro Lo at the 2022 IBJJF Worlds
BornLeandro Lo Pereira do Nascimento
(1989-05-11)11 May 1989
São Paulo, Brazil
Died7 August 2022(2022-08-07) (aged 33)
São Paulo, Brazil
DivisionGI weight classes
  • Lightweight: −76 kg (168 lb)
  • Middleweight: −82.3 kg (181 lb)
  • Middle-Heavy: −88.3 kg (195 lb)
  • Heavyweight: −94.3 kg (208 lb)
  • Super-Heavy: −100.5 kg (222 lb)

No-GI weight classes

  • Lightweight: −73.5 kg (162 lb)
TeamUnity Jiu Jitsu
NS Brotherhood
Barbosa JJ
PSLPB Cicero Costha
Teacher(s)Cicero Costha
RankBJJ black belt
(under Cicero Costha)
Other information
Websiteleandrolo.com
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Brazilian jiu-jitsu
World Championship
2012 California, USA−76kg
2013 California, USA−76kg
2014 California, USA−82.3 kg
2015 California, USA−88.3
2015 California, USAAbsolute
2016 California, USA−88.3
2017 California, USA−94.3 kg
2017 California, USAAbsolute
2018 California, USA−100.5 kg
2018 California, USAAbsolute
2019 California, USA−94.3 kg
2019 California, USAAbsolute
2021 California, USA−88.3 kg
2022 California, USA−88.3 kg
Pan American Championship
2012 California, USA−76kg
2014 California, USA−82.3 kg
2014 California, USAAbsolute
2015 California, USA−82.3 kg
2015 California, USAAbsolute
2016 California, USA−88.3 kg
2016 California, USAAbsolute
2017 California, USA−94.3 kg
2017 California, USAAbsolute
2018 California, USA−94.3 kg
2018 California, USAAbsolute
2022 California, USA−88.3 kg
European Championship
2017 Lisbon, Portugal−94.3 kg
2017 Lisbon, PortugalAbsolute
Brazilian National Championship
2011 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil−76kg
2012 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil−76kg
2017 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil−100.3 kg
2017 Rio de Janeiro, BrazilAbsolute
World No-Gi Championship
2012 California, USA−73.5 kg
2012 California, USAAbsolute
Brazilian No-Gi Championship
2011 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil−73.5 kg
2012 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil−73.5 kg
2012 Rio de Janeiro, BrazilAbsolute
Abu Dhabi World Pro
2011 Abu Dhabi, UAE−74kg
2013 Abu Dhabi, UAE−76kg
2014 Abu Dhabi, UAE−82kg
2015 Abu Dhabi, UAE−85kg
2016 Abu Dhabi, UAE−85kg

Leandro Pereira do Nascimento Lo (11 May 1989 – 7 August 2022), better known as Leandro Lo, was a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt competitor. A record holder with eight IBJJF world championship titles in five different weight classes, as well as multiple wins at every major international tournament, Lo is considered one of the most accomplished jiu-jitsu competitors of all time.

Born in São Paulo, Lo began training Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) at fourteen, after joining a social jiu-jitsu training program for underprivileged children. In 2005 he won his first world championship, competing as a blue belt. In 2010 his coach Cicero Costha promoted him to black belt. During the 2011–12 season Lo won medals at two no-gi championships, and his first black belt IBJJF world, Pan Am and UAEJJF World Pro titles. In 2015, he established his own jiu-jitsu team, NS Brotherhood.

In 2016 Lo became the first Copa Pódio triple crown champion, winning three different weight divisions within the same year; three years later in 2019, he made history after winning the World Championships in five different weight classes. In June 2022 Lo won an eighth world championship, exactly ten years after his first title as black belt. Lo was shot and killed in August 2022 at the age of 33. On May 11, 2023 the IBJJF announced that they would be posthumously inducting Lo into the IBJJF Hall of Fame.

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