Andresa Correa

Andresa Correa turned 2016 into a golden season at the biggest gi events. She won double gold at the Europeans, beating Mackenzie Dern 2-0 in the open class final and catching Karolina Zawodnik in a foot lock in the medium-heavyweight final. She won Pans at medium-heavyweight with a toe hold on Leah Taylor in the final, took both her division and the open class at the Brazilian Nationals, again beating Dern in the open class final, and closed the year with medium-heavyweight gold at Worlds, with Sijara Eubanks in second, plus open class bronze.

Born on April 19, 1980, in Bragança Paulista, in São Paulo state, she started Jiu-Jitsu in 1996 under Master Carlos Rollyson and from 2010 trained at Alliance São Paulo under Fabio Gurgel. In 2016, still living in her hometown, she drove about 200 km each weekday to train in the city. She holds a degree in physical education.

Her first black belt world title came in 2013 at heavyweight, with Maria do Carmo Teixeira in second. In 2014 she won the division again, beating Fernanda Mazzelli in the final. In 2015 she took medium-heavyweight silver behind Ana Laura Cordeiro. After the 2016 gold she reached the medium-heavyweight final again in 2017 and lost to Nathiely de Jesus. In 2018 she took bronze at super-heavyweight. In no-gi she reached both the weight class and open class finals at the 2016 No-Gi Worlds, submitting Sofia Amarante and Ida Floisvik on the way to the open class final. She still trains at Alliance in São Paulo.