Lachlan Giles
BornLachlan Sven McDonald Giles[1]
(1986-06-17) 17 June 1986[2]
Melbourne, Australia[1]
NicknameVelachiraptor
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[3]
Weight82.3 kg (181 lb; 12 st 13 lb)
DivisionMiddleweight
TeamAbsolute MMA
TrainerJohn Simon
RankBJJ black belt
(under John Simon)
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Submission wrestling
ADCC World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2019 California Absolute
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
World No-Gi Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2017 California -73.5 kg

Lachlan Sven McDonald Giles (born 17 June 1986) is an Australian grappler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) black belt competitor and coach. He is a bronze medalist in both the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship and World No-Gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship.

Early life and education

Lachlan Giles was born on 17 June 1986, in Victoria, Australia.[1][2]

Growing up he was a huge fan of Jet Li's martial arts movies and trained in Kung Fu initially.[1][2][3] One year into his training he saw a tape of UFC 1 which was won by Royce Gracie.[1][2][4] After watching the event, he was convinced that BJJ was the best form of self defense and shortly afterwards joined a BJJ academy to focus on it.[1][2][4]

Giles’ first BJJ instructor was Tyrone Crosse who trained Giles from white to purple belt.[1][2][3] However Giles suffered from a severe knee injury and was forced to stop his training for a year.[1][2][3] When he returned, the academy had a new coach, John Simon.[1][2] Simon promoted Giles to brown belt and in 2012 promoted him to black belt.[1][2][3]

Giles attended La Trobe University where he earned a Bachelor of Physiotherapy in 2008 and a PhD in Physiotherapy in 2016.[1][3][4][5]

Grappling career

In 2015, Giles competing at Eddie Bravo Invitational 5 where he came third place after defeating Nathan Orchard and Rani Yahya before losing to Garry Tonon by Armbar.[1][4][6]

In 2017, Giles competed at the World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship where he came third place after being defeated by AJ Agazarm by points in the semi-finals.[1][7]

In the 2019 ADCC World Championship, Giles defeated Kaynan Duarte and Patrick Gaudio before being submitted by Gordon Ryan.[1][8][9] Giles defeated Mahamed Aly by leglock to earn a bronze medal in the absolute category.[1][8][9] Giles' achievement was considered notable as he was much smaller than his opponents who came mainly from the Heavyweight divisions and outweighed him by around 20 kg.[1][8][9]

In 2020, Giles made a post on Instagram stating those who have won medals while using PEDs should relinquish those titles.[10] Gordon Ryan made a response accusing Giles of using PEDs.[10] After some back and forth, Giles challenged Ryan that he would bet $500,000 of his own money against just $5,000 of Ryan's that he would pass a drug test right now.[10] Ryan did not respond to the challenge.[10]

Giles teaches BJJ as well.[1] He was the coach of fellow Australian grappler, Craig Jones whom he awarded a black belt in 2016.[1][4]

Grappling competition achievements

Instructor lineage

Carlos Gracie → Helio Gracie → Carlos Gracie Jr → Jean Jacques Machado / Rigan Machado → John Will → John Simon → Lachlan Giles[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "Lachlan Giles | BJJ Heroes".
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Lachlan Giles: A Top-Tier Melbourne-Born Grappler". Jiujitsu News. 21 September 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "A List of interesting Lachlan Giles BJJ Facts". BjjTribes. 12 January 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Clements, Averi (18 April 2018). "ADCC & EBI Veteran Lachlan Giles Is Poised To Bring Australian Talent To Abu Dhabi". Jiu-Jitsu Times. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "MEET THE PRESENTERS OF THE PFJ SYMPOSIUM – Dr Lachlan Giles". Physiosports. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "EBI 5 Results: Garry Tonon Victorious | BJJ Heroes". 14 December 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "IBJJF No-Gi World Championship Results 2017 | BJJ Heroes". Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  8. 1 2 3 Clements, Averi (30 September 2019). "77kg Lachlan Giles Submits +99kg Mahamed Aly To Win Bronze In ADCC Absolute Division". Jiu-Jitsu Times. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  9. 1 2 3 "ADCC 2019 Results: Lachlan Giles takes bronze, Giles is the people's champion – Grappling Insider". grapplinginsider.com. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  10. 1 2 3 4 World, B. J. J. (29 November 2020). "Gordon Ryan Accuses Lachlan Giles for Steroids Use, Lachlan Fires Back With $500k Bet". BJJ World. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
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