Amal Amjahid

Belgian black belt Amal Amjahid won major JJIF titles and helped C.E.N.S. Academy combine jiu-jitsu with youth support in Molenbeek in 2019.

Last updated: 12 September 2026

Biography

Amal Amjahid built an international jiu-jitsu career from the Brussels academy where she began as a child. In an interview with BJJ Heroes, she said that her family first tried several martial arts after she was bullied. She found jiu-jitsu at seven and entered her first competition two months later. That early start became a long partnership with Khalid Houry, whom Amjahid described as her first and only jiu-jitsu instructor. She said she prepared for major events at his academy in Belgium, training with familiar partners rather than traveling to foreign camps. Houry coached her from white belt and promoted her to black belt on June 30, 2018. Her competitive record grew alongside that local continuity. At the 2017 World Games in Wrocław, Poland, she won two jiu-jitsu gold medals. In 2019, she won the adult women’s black-belt light-feather division at the European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship and added gold at the World Mastership Games in South Korea. Later that year, she defeated Belgian teammate Fran Vanderstukken in the 57 kg final at the JJIF World Championship in Abu Dhabi, a victory reported as her eighth JJIF gold and fifth world-final win in five appearances since 2015. Amjahid retained a European IBJJF title in 2020, this time at featherweight. At the 2021 JJIF World Championship, she retained the women’s under-57-kilogram title by defeating France’s Laurence Cousin Fouillat in the final. The academy also connected her competition career to work with young people in Molenbeek. A 2019 BRUZZ profile reported that Amjahid helped Houry lead C.E.N.S. Academy, taught on the mat twice a week, and ran after-school homework support three times a week. It was a role in which the same place that developed her as a competitor also gave her a hand in the development of others.

Sources for this profile

BRUZZ, “Eremetaal (2): jiujitsuka Amal Amjahid, passie op en naast de mat,” 13 January 2019(opens in a new tab)
- BRUZZ identifies Amal Amjahid as a Belgian jiu-jitsu athlete from Molenbeek in Brussels.
  Where in the source: Opening — Belgian athlete and Molenbeek background
  Accessed: 2026-09-12
- Alongside Houry, Amjahid helped lead C.E.N.S. Academy in Molenbeek, teaching on the mat twice a week and running after-school homework support three times a week as part of the academy’s youth mission.
  Where in the source: Molenbeekse missie — teaching twice weekly and homework support three times weekly
  Accessed: 2026-09-12
BJJ Heroes, “Amal Amjahid, The Worlds Most Feared Brown Belt”(opens in a new tab)
- Amjahid said that being bullied as a small child led her family to try several martial arts; she found jiu-jitsu at seven and entered her first competition two months later.
  Where in the source: Interview paragraphs 2–3 — two months after registration she began competing
  Accessed: 2026-09-12
- Khalid Houry was Amjahid’s first and only jiu-jitsu instructor; she said she prepared for major events entirely at his Belgian academy with long-standing training partners rather than travelling to foreign camps.
  Where in the source: Interview paragraphs 4 and 6 — first and only instructor; preparation at the academy
  Accessed: 2026-09-12
BJJ Heroes, “Amal Amjahid”(opens in a new tab)
- Houry promoted Amjahid to black belt on 30 June 2018 after coaching her from white belt onward.
  Where in the source: Biography closing — black belt promotion on June 30, 2018
  Accessed: 2026-09-12
The National, “Amal Amjahid secures eighth JJIF gold at world championship in Abu Dhabi,” 20 November 2019(opens in a new tab)
- At the 2019 JJIF World Championship in Abu Dhabi, Amjahid won the 57 kg final against Belgian teammate Fran Vanderstukken to secure her eighth JJIF gold and fifth world-final victory in five appearances since 2015.
  Where in the source: Amal Amjahid secures eighth JJIF gold — 57kg final and five finals wins
  Accessed: 2026-09-12
- Amjahid also won gold at the 2019 World Mastership Games in South Korea.
  Where in the source: Results context after the 2019 final — World Mastership Games in South Korea
  Accessed: 2026-09-12
International World Games Association, “Europe at The World Games”(opens in a new tab)
- Amjahid won two jiu-jitsu gold medals at the 2017 World Games in Wrocław, Poland.
  Where in the source: Belgium section — Amjahid’s double gold from Wrocław
  Accessed: 2026-09-12
IBJJF Results, European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2019(opens in a new tab)
- Amjahid won the adult women’s black-belt light-feather division at the 2019 European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship, representing PAT Academy Belgium.
  Where in the source: 2019 results — Adult/Female/Black/Light-Feather; position 1, Amal Amjahid, PAT Academy Belgium
  Accessed: 2026-09-12
BRUZZ, “Amal Amjahid voor negende keer wereldkampioen jiujitsu,” 14 November 2021(opens in a new tab)
- At the 2021 JJIF World Championship in Abu Dhabi, Amjahid retained the women’s under-57-kilogram title by defeating France’s Laurence Cousin Fouillat in the final.
  Where in the source: Opening two paragraphs — Abu Dhabi final, opponent and under-57-kilogram title
  Accessed: 2026-09-12
IBJJF Results, European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2020(opens in a new tab)
- Amjahid won the adult women’s black-belt feather division at the 2020 European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship, representing PAT Academy Belgium.
  Where in the source: 2020 results — Adult/Female/Black/Feather; position 1, Amal Amjahid, PAT Academy Belgium
  Accessed: 2026-09-12

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