Lucas Dos Santos Pinheiro


Lucas Dos Santos Pinheiro, known as, Lucas Pinheiro is a black belt Brazilian Jiu Jitsu athlete who competes professionally for the Atos Jiu Jitsu Team in the United States. Pinheiro is a 2023 World Jiu-Jitsu Champion.

Career

Lucas Pinheiro is a 1st degree black belt student under BJJ legend André Galvão in San Diego, California. Pinheiro is also a former student of Faustino Neto and Cícero Costha. He has earned important medals at the Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championship as well as World Jiu-Jitsu Championship and is currently one of the top competitors in the Rooster and Light-featherweight divisions. In 2019, Pinheiro was ranked #9 over all weights by IBJJF in the No-Gi category.
Pinheiro won his first IBJJF No Gi World Championship in 2022, and his first IBJJF World Championship in 2023. At the end of 2023, he announced his decision to become a coach alongside Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza at Jacare Martial Arts.

Instructor lineage

→ Carlos Gracie, Sr. → Osvaldo Alves → Faustino Neto → Carlos Holanda → Lucas Pinheiro

Championships and accomplishments

Grappling

;2014
;2015
  • CBJJ Brazilian Nationals
  • UAEJJF Brazil National Pro
  • IBJJF Austin International Open
  • IBJJF World Championship
  • IBJJF Dallas International Open No-Gi
  • IBJJF Austin International Open
;2016
;2017
  • IBJJF American Nationals
  • IBJJF American Nationals No-Gi
  • IBJJF Austin International Open
  • IBJJF Miami International Open No-Gi
  • IBJJF Atlanta International Open
  • IBJJF Dallas International Open
  • IBJJF Dallas International Open No-Gi
  • IBJJF Miami International Open
  • IBJJF World Championship No-Gi
  • IBJJF Pan American Championship
  • IBJJF World Championship
  • IBJJF Dallas International Open
  • IBJJF Austin International Open
  • IBJJF Austin International Open No-Gi
;2018
;2019
  • IBJJF Pan American No-Gi
  • IBJJF American Nationals No-Gi
  • IBJJF Las Vegas International Open
  • IBJJF Las Vegas International Open No-Gi
  • IBJJF Austin International Open
  • IBJJF Austin International Open No-Gi
  • IBJJF Houston International Open
  • F2W Featherweight
  • IBJJF American Nationals
;2020
  • IBJJF Houston International Open
  • IBJJF Pan American Championship
;2022
  • IBJJF World Championship No-Gi
  • CBJJ Brazilian Nationals No-Gi
;2023
  • IBJJF World Championship
  • CBJJ Brazilian Nationals