Vanessa English is a British Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt competitor and instructor, born on 9 May 1989 in King's Lynn, Norfolk. She began with capoeira at sixteen, then Japanese jujutsu, and took up Brazilian jiu-jitsu in 2009 at Gracie Barra Derby before moving to Nottingham. In 2013, as a purple belt, she won the World Championship and the European Open, becoming the first British-born competitor to win the IBJJF World Championships in the adult division. She was upgraded to black belt by Victor Estima in 2015, won the 2018 European Championship and the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam London, and took bronze at the 2018 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship. In 2023 she won gold at the IBJJF London Open and the first Kairos Pro Jiu-Jitsu tournament.
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At the age of 16 she started Capoeira
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first British-born Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitor to win the IBJJF World Championships
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she won bronze at the 2018 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
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