Jhenifer Aquino is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, born on 6 September 1994 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. She began jiu-jitsu at fifteen after practicing capoeira from age eleven, following her twin sister Thamires, paused to finish veterinary school, and came back to the mats in 2017. After moving to the United States she trained at Bernardo Faria's academy in Massachusetts and then with Atos Jiu-Jitsu in San Diego, where André Galvão promoted her to black belt in December 2021. In colored belts she was a World and Pan champion, and at black belt she won the IBJJF World No-Gi and Pan No-Gi titles in 2022 and took silver at the 2023 World Championship and the 2024 World Championship.
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was born on 6 September 1994
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She is the twin sister of Brasileiro champion Thamires Aquino.
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in São Paulo, Brazil
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a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt practitioner
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Aquino competed in the 2023 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
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