# Thamires Aquino

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## Overview

**Name:** Thamires Aquino


## Bio

Thamires Aquino was born on September 6, 1994, in São Paulo – Brazil.

At the age of 11 Thamires was introduced to capoeira, a Brazilian martial art specialized in kicking, which Aquino did for a few years. As a 14-year-old, she started visiting her mom’s gym, where there were also jiu jitsu classes. This was the first time Thamires had access to grappling.

Interested in finding what jiu-jitsu was about, Thamires decided to do a trial class and immediately felt ‘at home’ on the mats. Her first coach at this academy was André Ricardo da Silva, commonly known by the jiu-jitsu community as “Garapa”.

André “Garapa” awarded Aquino her blue belt, it was at this belt that Thamires first dipped her toes in the competitive jiu-jitsu circuit. She mentioned in an interview to BJJ Heroes on December 2016:

“I always trained hard, and as a blue belt when I competed for the first time I lost. I was really affected by this, but at the same time it instilled in me the desire to train even harder and overcome myself so I wouldn’t lose or feel that way again”.

Indeed Thamires’ talent started to rise from there onward, and for that reason, she required a more competitive training environment to fully develop her potential. She then moved to  Cia Paulista ‘s headquarters, training under  Max Trombini  (Garapa’s head coach), and it would be Max who awarded Thamires her purple belt.

As a purple belt, Thamires sought an even stronger team, moving to Rio de Janeiro to train at  GF Team ‘s headquarters in Meyer. It was at GFT that Aquino earned both her brown belt (June 3, 2015) and black belt (June 6, 2016).

As soon as she earned her black belt, Thamires hit the ground running, winning two important titles in her first 6 months of black belt: The  South American Championship  and the  Abu Dhabi Grand Slam – Rio de Janeiro .

Cover photo by Marco Aurélio Ferreira of  Arena JJ .

Thamires Aquino vs Dyna Sena

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**Last Updated:** March 21, 2026

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