Sarah Galvao, BJJ legend Andre Galvao’s daughter, has just put in a flawless performance in order to win a pair of gold medals in the purple belt divisions of the IBJJF Pan Championship 2024. She’s already shown herself to be a fantastic competitor during her the start of her journey through the colored belt ranks and she has achieved this level of success after less than a year of being a purple belt. She was actually promoted by her father on the podium of the IBJJF World Championship 2023, where she also won two gold medals in the Juvenile 2 blue belt medium-heavyweight and absolute divisions.
Galvao has now graduated into the adult divisions and her success has continued at the exact same pace, as she won a tough lightweight division before another challenging absolute division. She’s no stranger to the biggest stages in the sport though of course, as she’s been competing at the lower levels of IBJJF majors for years now. She’s even started to graduate to the world of professional grappling already, despite still being a few years away from receiving her BJJ black belt.
Galvao made her major superfight debut against Vitor Gabriella at ADXC 1 and came away with an impressive submission win, but she hasn’t stopped there either. She was actually matched up for another superfight against Sabrina Lourenco at the IBJJF No Gi Absolute Grand Prix 2024, where she racked up 11 points on the way to a convincing win. It’s very clear that Galvao is one to watch for the future and it’ll be interesting to see her start to get her first matches against highly-experienced opponents in the coming years, but it’ll be no surprise when she does well given her family history in the sport.
Sarah Galvao announced the news that she had won two gold medals in the purple belt divisions of the IBJJF Pan Championship 2024 in a recent post to her official Instagram account:
