Fábio Leopoldo

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Fábio Leopoldo Silva (born April 17, 1977 in São Paulo) is a former Brazilian mixed martial artist and is currently an active Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and a world-renowned instructor.

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Career

After graduating college with a degree in International Business, Leopoldo started his own Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academy in São Paulo, Brazil called Gracie Morumbi. He has been the owner and primary instructor at the academy since it was established in 1999. Since then he has gone on to open three more academies in the United States. One is in Ventura, California, and the others are in Thousand Oaks, California, and Camarillo, California. Leopoldo currently has over twenty black belts that train under him.

Leopoldo is a three-time world champion in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, two-time Brazilian champion, and five-time Pan American champion. He also recently won the gold in the IBJJF International Masters.

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Personal life

Leopoldo has been married to Claudine (Dini) Leal Leopoldo Silva since July 2007. Dini Leopoldo is a RKC II certified Kettlebell instructor, and the head Kettlebell instructor at Gracie Morumbi Ventura and Thousand Oaks, California. They have a son.

In his free time, Leopoldo enjoys surfing and skateboarding. He has been skateboarding since the age of 6, and an avid surfer since his teen years. Leopoldo has even been featured in DEEP surfing magazine.

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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Tournaments

4x World Champion (2000 - brown belt, 2002 - black belt)
6x Pan American Champion (2000 - brown, 2002 weight & absolute, 2010 master, 2011 master, 2013 master)
Brazilian National Champion (2001 - black belt)
2x World Silver Medallist (1998 - purple belt, 1999 - brown belt, 2008 - black belt)
6x Pan American Silver Medallist (1996 - purple belt, 2000 - brown belt absolute, 2001 black belt absolute, 2003, 2009 weight & absolute - master)
Brazilian National Silver Medallist (1997 - blue belt)
3x World Bronze Medallist (2001 - black belt, 2003, 2005)
2x Pan American Bronze Medallist (1998 - purple belt, 2001 black belt)
3x Brazilian National Bronze Medallist (1999 - brown belt, 2000 - black belt, 2005)