Margot Ciccarelli
鄧嘉寶
Ciccarelli at the 2021 Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship
Born (1993-11-17) 17 November 1993
London, England
Other namesMargot Ciccarelli-Tang, Mars[1]
NationalityChinese (Hong Kong), Italian
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Division
StyleBrazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Team
TrainerGuilherme Mendes
Murilo Santana
RankBJJ black belt[lower-alpha 1]
Websitemargotciccarelli.com
Medal record
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Representing  Italy
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2023 California, USA -58.5 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 California, USA -64 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 California, USA -64 kg
Pan American Championship
Silver medal – second place 2023 Florida, USA -58.5 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Florida, USA -64 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Florida, USA -64 kg
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Rome, Italy -64 kg
Abu Dhabi World Pro Championship
Silver medal – second place 2021 Abu Dhabi, UAE -62 kg
Asian Open Championship
Gold medal – first place 2023 Nagoya, Japan -64 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Nagoya, Japan Absolute
Margot Ciccarelli
Traditional Chinese鄧嘉寶
Simplified Chinese邓嘉宝

Margot Ciccarelli (Chinese: 鄧嘉寶; pinyin: Dèng Jiābǎo; born 17 November 1993) is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitor and coach.[lower-alpha 1]

Representing Italy,[3] she is a multiple-time World, World Pro, World No-Gi and European Open Champion in the lower belt divisions. Ciccarelli is a three-time World Championship medalist, a three-time Pan American Championship medalist and a European Championship black belt medalist.[4]

Early life

Ciccarelli was born on 17 November 1993 in London, the daughter of an Italian father and a Chinese mother.[5][6] Raised in the UK, Ciccarelli learned Wushu from the age of 6 before progressing to Chinese kickboxing and Wing Chun Kung Fu. She took her first jiu-jitsu class just before her 19th birthday.[7]

Early career

Ciccarelli trained in various academies around the world during her coloured belt years. She was promoted to blue belt in Hong Kong (under Atos) and purple belt in London (under Inglorious Grapplers).[4] In May 2017, she joined New York based team Unity Jiu Jitsu and started training under Murilo Santana.[7]

As a purple belt, she won the IBJJF World Championship twice, the European Championship twice, the Asian Open Championship three times and the Abu Dhabi World Professional Championship twice. After receiving her brown belt from Santana in 2019, she won the World No-Gi Championship, the European Championship, the Pan No-Gi Championship and the 2020 American National Championship in both Gi and No-Gi in a year where the World Championship was not held.[8]

Black belt career

2021-2022

Ciccarelli was promoted to black belt in May 2021 by Murilo Santana.[9] In her first six months at black belt, she won silver at the Abu Dhabi World Professional Championship, silver at the Pan American Championship and bronze at the World Championship losing to Beatriz Mesquita in the semi-final by referee's decision (0x0 pts).[10] Ciccarelli won bronze at the 2022 European Championship taking place in Rome,[11] then bronze at the 2022 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship.[12] In October 2022, she moved to California to train under Guilherme Mendes at the Art of Jiu Jitsu.[13]

2023

In March 2023, Ciccarelli won a silver medal in the featherweight division of the IBJJF Pan Championship.[14] Ciccarelli then competed in the IBJJF World Championship 2023 on June 3 and 4, 2023 and won a bronze medal in the featherweight division after losing a close-fought match to Anna Rodrigues.[15][16] She competed at the IBJJF Asian Championship 2023 on July 7 and won a gold medal in the lightweight division.[17]

Ciccarelli won the lightweight division of the IBJJF Orange County Open on October 22, 2023.[18]

Style

While training jiu-jitsu, Ciccarelli also practised a variety of movement-based activities such as contemporary dance, hip hop dance and circus skills including flying trapeze and aerial straps.[19] According to Ciccarelli, her aim is "to win with beautiful, superior movement quality and not just win for winning's sake."[4]

Personal life

Ciccarelli identifies as pansexual.[20] In December 2022, she married her partner, Meg He, an e-commerce entrepreneur and co-founder of Aday, a sustainable clothing brand.[20] In December 2023, Meg He signaled on Instagram that her and Ciccarelli are currently separated.

Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitive summary

Main Achievements (at black belt level):[4]

Main Achievements (at coloured belt level):[4]

  • 2x World Champion (2018,[28] 2019[29] purple belt)
  • World No-Gi Champion (2019[30] brown belt)
  • 2x Abu Dhabi World Professional Champion (2018,[31] 2019[31] purple belt)
  • 3x European Champion (2017,[32] 2018[33] purple belt, 2020[34] brown belt)
  • Pan No-Gi Champion (2021[35] brown belt)
  • American National Champion (2020[36] brown belt)
  • American National No-Gi Champion (2020[8] brown belt)
  • 3x Asian Champion (2016,[37] 2017,[38] 2018[39] purple belt)
  • Pan Pacific Champion (2016[40] purple belt)

Instructor lineage

Rickson Gracie → Marcelo Behring → Mario Yamasaki → Murilo Santana → Margot Ciccarelli[4]

Notes

  1. 1 2 under Murilo Santana

References

  1. ↑ "Margot Ciccarelli – Grappling". FloGrappling. 17 November 1993.
  2. ↑ "International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation –". International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.
  3. ↑ "thenomadicmars". linkedin.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Margot Ciccarelli". BJJ Heroes. 27 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Margot Ciccarelli, Nømadic iD & Travel". BJJASIA. 2019-03-29.
  6. ↑ "Margot Ciccarelli-Tang Is The BJJ Purple Belt You Need To Know About". Jiu-Jitsu Times. 3 June 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Margot Ciccarelli". Women Who Fight. 2020-07-24.
  8. 1 2 "American National Ibjjf Jiu-jitsu No-gi Championship 2020". International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.
  9. ↑ "Unity Standout Margot Ciccarelli Promoted To Black Belt By Murilo Santana". Jiu-Jitsu Times. 2021-05-23.
  10. ↑ "World Championships Results, Pena Wins Absolute, Pessanha Double Gold And Musumeci Dominates". BJJ Heroes. 13 December 2021.
  11. ↑ "2022 IBJJF European Championship". IBJJF.
  12. ↑ "Worlds Results, Mica Beats Ruotolo, Ffion Crowned First Brit Champ, And Doederlein Wins For USA". BJJ Heroes. 2022-06-06.
  13. ↑ Phillips, Sabrina. "Margot Ciccarelli Joints Art of Jiu-Jitsu". Jitsmagazine. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  14. ↑ "IBJJF Pan Championship 2023 Full Results And Review". JitsMagazine. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  15. ↑ "IBJJF World Championship 2023 Full Results And Review". JitsMagazine. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  16. ↑ "Arod advances to the featherweight final after a close-fought match". Flograppling Instagram. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  17. ↑ "IBJJF Asian Championship 2023 Full Results And Review". Jitsmagazine. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  18. ↑ "Tons Of Action Takes Place At IBJJF Orange County Open 2023". Jitsmagazine. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  19. ↑ Tang, Andrea (2022-10-13). "6 Unconventional (And Fun!) Ways to Cross-Train for Jiu-Jitsu, Showcased by BJJ's Top Athletes". Jiu-Jitsu Times.
  20. 1 2 "Finding Love Through the Art of Combat". The New York Times. 2023-01-06. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  21. ↑ "Pan IBJJF Jiu-jitsu Championship 2021". International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.
  22. ↑ "Pan IBJJF Jiu-jitsu Championship 2023". International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.
  23. ↑ "Results, ABU DHABI WORLD PROFESSIONAL JIU-JITSU CHAMPIONSHIP 2021". Abu Dhabi Jiu Jitsu Pro. 2021-12-15.
  24. ↑ "World Ibjjf Jiu-jitsu Championship 2021". International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.
  25. ↑ "World IBJJF Jiu-jitsu Championship 2022 results". IBJJF.
  26. ↑ "World IBJJF Jiu-jitsu Championship 2023 results". IBJJF.
  27. ↑ "2022 Pans Results". IBJJF.
  28. ↑ "World Ibjjf Jiu-jitsu Championship 2018". International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.
  29. ↑ "World Ibjjf Jiu-jitsu Championship 2019". International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.
  30. ↑ "World Ibjjf Jiu-jitsu No-gi Championship 2019". International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.
  31. 1 2 "Margot Ciccarelli – Fighter profile". UAE Jiu Jitsu Federation. 13 December 2021.
  32. ↑ "European Ibjjf Jiu-jitsu Championship 2017". International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.
  33. ↑ "European Ibjjf Jiu-jitsu Championship 2018". International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.
  34. ↑ "European Ibjjf Jiu-jitsu Championship 2020". International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.
  35. ↑ "Pan Ibjjf Jiu-jitsu No-gi Championship 2021". International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.
  36. ↑ "American National Ibjjf Jiu-jitsu Championship 2020". International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.
  37. ↑ "Asian Jiu-jitsu Ibjjf Championship 2016". International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.
  38. ↑ "Asian Jiu-jitsu Ibjjf Championship 2017". International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.
  39. ↑ "Asian Jiu-jitsu Ibjjf Championship 2018". International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.
  40. ↑ "Pan Pacific Ibjjf Jiu-jitsu Championship 2016". International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.
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