Ademir Barreto Araújo
GF Team black belt Ademir Barreto Araújo divided his time between Macapá and Rio before taking silver at the 2024 IBJJF World Championship.
Biography
Sources for this profile
BJJ Heroes, “Ademir Barreto Araujo”, accessed 10 September 2026.(opens in a new tab)
The profile gives the athlete's full name as Ademir Barreto Araújo.
Where in the source: Identity block — Full Name
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Araújo was born on 30 October 2000 in Macapá, Amapá, Brazil.
Where in the source: Biography — October 30
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His documented birthplace is in Brazil.
Where in the source: Biography — birthplace
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Araújo began judo at five and encountered jiu-jitsu around eleven or twelve after initially mistaking a local class for judo.
Where in the source: Biography — Japanese art
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John Azevedo was his first jiu-jitsu instructor at a GF Team affiliate in Macapá; as competition became his focus, he joined Orlando Júnior's group.
Where in the source: Biography — John Azevedo
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As a purple belt, Araújo was invited by Júlio César Pereira to GF Team headquarters in Rio, then divided his time between Macapá and Rio.
Where in the source: Biography — Meyer neighborhood
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Orlando Júnior promoted Araújo to black belt on 27 July 2022.
Where in the source: Biography — July 27
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Araújo won the 2021 AJP World Pro at brown belt; the event's advancement rule then placed him against black-belt opposition before his formal promotion.
Where in the source: Record introduction — required to move up
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IBJJF, “Athlete Results: Ademir Araújo”, accessed 10 September 2026.(opens in a new tab)
IBJJF lists Ademir Araújo as a black belt representing GFTeam / Orlando Jr.
Where in the source: Athlete Results — GFTeam / Orlando Jr; Black
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The official athlete record also lists a 2024 European bronze medal and several open-tournament gold medals from 2024 through 2026.
Where in the source: Adult Grand Slam — European IBJJF 2024; Adult / Light — open-event entries for 2024–2026
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IBJJF, “2024 IBJJF Worlds Black Belt Results and Recap”, 2024.(opens in a new tab)
Araújo placed second in the adult male black-belt featherweight division at the 2024 IBJJF World Championship.
Where in the source: 2024 results — ADULT MALE BLACK FEATHER; 2 ADEMIR BARRETO DE ARAÚJO
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IBJJF, “Dublin Fall International Open Results”, 2022.(opens in a new tab)
At the 2022 Dublin Fall Open, Araújo won black-belt lightweight gold with three submissions in three matches and no score recorded against him.
Where in the source: Dublin report — Ademir Barreto de Araujo; lightweight result and following athlete quotation
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Lineage
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Open lineage