The IBJJF European Championship was held in Paris this year for the first time, and thousands of the continent’s top competitors descended on the French city for the last week of January. Kaynan Duarte ended up walking away with the most prestigious achievement in the men’s divisions by winning gold in both his own weightclass at super-heavyweight and in the absolute division.
Gabrieli Pessanha managed the same achievement in the women’s divisions, winning a pair of gold medals in the same two divisions as Duarte. Other notable names on the podium that weekend include Mason Fowler, who won ultra-heavyweight division, and Tainan Dalpra, who won the middleweight division.