Margarita Ochoa

Margarita P. Ochoa, known as Meggie Ochoa and born on 6 May 1990, is a Filipino jujutsu practitioner who also competes in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. She graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University in 2012 with a degree in business management and was part of its track team, then tried mixed martial arts but was deterred by the lack of opponents in her weight class, and took up jujutsu in 2013. For three years she relied on crowdfunding while working toward a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. She is a three-time champion at the World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship (2014 as a white belt, 2015 and 2016 as a blue belt), and in 2018 she became the first Filipino jujutsu champion by winning gold in the women's BJJ 49 kilogram class at the Ju-Jitsu World Championships in Sweden, which earned her a promotion to brown belt. She was promoted to black belt by August 2022 and won another world gold, in the 48 kilogram class, at the 2022 edition in the United Arab Emirates.