Leandro Lo

Leandro Lo was a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt competitor born in Sao Paulo on 11 May 1989 and killed in August 2022 at the age of 33. He began training at fourteen through a social jiu-jitsu programme for underprivileged children, won his first world title as a blue belt in 2005 and was promoted to black belt by Cicero Costha in 2010. The article credits him with eight IBJJF world championship titles in five different weight classes, which it describes as a record, and with wins at every major international tournament. In 2015 he founded his own team, NS Brotherhood, and in 2016 he became the first Copa Podio triple crown champion by winning three divisions in one year. The IBJJF announced in May 2023 that it would induct him posthumously into its Hall of Fame.