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Jennisín Rosanía

Jennisín Rosanía coaches children to take responsibility, enjoy training and improve beyond winning.

Biography

For Jennisín Rosanía, competing has meant making room for training alongside work and raising three children. In a 2024 El Siglo interview, she credited their encouragement and her family’s support with helping her continue. Her sporting childhood ran from gymnastics in Colón to volleyball at Colegio Javier after moving to Panamá, then flag football. Friends introduced Brazilian jiu-jitsu; close contact frightened her. By September 2016 she trained at Rilion Gracie Panamá under Guillermo González, with husband Eduardo Grimaldo also teaching her. La Prensa described two hours’ daily preparation while she headed Pandeportes’s sport-for-all department. She favored passing guard—getting beyond an opponent’s legs—and staying on top, crediting gymnastics with making her difficult to turn over. Scarce comparable local opponents led her abroad; training partners became a community, and she hoped to encourage more women. Her 2016 World Master title was women’s Master 2 purple-belt Feather for Rilion Gracie Panama. ELLAS later placed that first gold months after her third child’s birth. Brown-belt silver followed in 2017. She returned to gold for Atos in 2018, winning women’s Master 3 brown-belt Feather. By 2018 she was Capital Financiero’s commercial director and co-owned Atos Panamá in Costa del Este, teaching alongside Grimaldo. Her 2025 Vida y Éxito profile recorded an industrial-administrative engineering degree from ULACIT and management work in marketing, advertising and sales since seventeen. She described four weekly weights sessions and five days of jiu-jitsu, combining technique, drills and sparring. Being lighter than most partners made weaknesses and technique central to practice. Breathing and attention helped her handle uncomfortable positions; learning techniques brought confidence. At the 2024 World Master, she won women’s Master 4 black-belt Light for Atos. She told Panamá América that gold at black belt completed a goal that earlier purple- and brown-belt wins had left unfinished. July 2025 brought a different test. Returning after ten weeks away, she used American National to assess her recovery and won Master black-belt gold in the gi, the traditional training uniform, Panamá América reported. Watching her Atos pupils compete felt different from fighting herself: she cared for them like her own children. She wanted responsibility, effort and enjoyment to matter beyond winning, with each competition offering something to improve. At the time, she was preparing three pupils for Pan Kids. Her 2025 World Master return produced another women’s Master 4 black-belt Light gold for Atos. She told La Prensa she had roughly two and a half months to prepare after injury. She credited Grimaldo and Atos with identifying what needed work while continuing to develop her strengths, and wanted more opportunities for younger pupils. Another lesson came without the gi. In December 2025, La Prensa reported her World No-Gi silver in the Master black-belt Light category. She had concentrated on gi competition and faced the unfamiliar format with limited preparation. What mattered to her was confronting that uncertainty: she valued silver as an experience to learn from rather than a failure. Her 2025 aims joined academy growth, earlier opportunities for children and women learning together, drawing motivation from family and pupils. By March 2026, Panamá América identified her as both instructor and trainee at Elemento Jiu-Jitsu Panamá. It reported her third black-belt Pan gi title, after 2021 and 2024 wins. She continued to credit Grimaldo while stressing further learning.

Sources for this profile

  • El Siglo, 3 April 2024.(opens in a new tab)

    • An industrial-engineering graduate, Rosanía described balancing work, training and motherhood in April 2024, crediting her three children and family support as motivation.

      Where in the source: Family and work paragraphs.

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  • ELLAS, 23 November 2018.(opens in a new tab)

    • Rosanía recalled childhood gymnastics in Colón, volleyball at Colegio Javier after moving to Panamá, and flag football before friends introduced her to BJJ; close contact initially frightened her.

      Where in the source: Una vida deportiva.

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    • By 2018 she combined commercial leadership at Capital Financiero with co-owning and teaching at Atos Panamá in Costa del Este alongside husband, coach and demanding training partner Eduardo Grimaldo.

      Where in the source: Campeona del mundo y mamá; academy paragraph.

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    • ELLAS placed her first World Master gold months after her third child’s birth in 2016, followed by brown-belt silver in 2017.

      Where in the source: Una vida deportiva.

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  • Vida y Éxito, 2025.(opens in a new tab)

    • Her 2025 profile recorded ULACIT industrial-administrative engineering and management in marketing, advertising and sales from seventeen; she wanted academy growth, children’s earlier access and women’s shared development, motivated by family and pupils.

      Where in the source: Introduction; proyectos.

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    • She described breathing and attention in uncomfortable positions, confidence through technique, four weekly weight sessions and five BJJ days of drills and sparring; being lighter than most partners meant working on weaknesses.

      Where in the source: Retos; preparación.

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  • Panamá América, 3 July 2025.(opens in a new tab)

    • In July 2025, Rosanía described coaching Atos children as emotionally different from competing herself: she treated pupils like her own children, emphasising responsibility, enjoyment and improvement regardless of winning. She was preparing three pupils for Pan Kids.

      Where in the source: Athlete/coach contrast and final paragraphs.

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    • The same report described testing her recovery at American National, winning Master black-belt gi gold after ten weeks away.

      Where in the source: Recovery and American National paragraphs.

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  • La Prensa, 21 September 2025.(opens in a new tab)

    • Discussing her 2025 World Master return, Rosanía credited Atos Panamá and Eduardo Grimaldo with identifying weaknesses and developing strengths; she had about two and a half months to prepare after injury and also wanted opportunities for younger pupils.

      Where in the source: Recovery; preparation; future teaching paragraphs.

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  • Panamá América, 2 September 2024.(opens in a new tab)

    • After her 2024 World Master victory, Rosanía described black-belt gold as the goal missing after earlier purple- and brown-belt wins.

      Where in the source: Goal after final paragraphs.

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  • Panamá América, 30 March 2026.(opens in a new tab)

    • Panamá América reported her third Pan gi black-belt title in March 2026, after wins in 2021 and 2024. It identified her as an Elemento Jiu-Jitsu Panamá instructor and trainee, still thanking coach Eduardo Grimaldo and stressing continued learning.

      Where in the source: Pan history; Elemento and closing paragraphs.

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  • IBJJF, World Master 2025.(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2025 World Master, she placed first for Atos in Female Master 4 black-belt Light.

      Where in the source: Female/Master 4/Black/Light podium.

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  • IBJJF, World Master 2018.(opens in a new tab)

    • She won Female Master 3 brown-belt Feather for Atos at the 2018 World Master.

      Where in the source: Female/Master 3/Brown/Feather podium.

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  • IBJJF, World Master 2024.(opens in a new tab)

    • She won Female Master 4 black-belt Light for Atos at the 2024 World Master.

      Where in the source: Female/Master 4/Black/Light podium.

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  • IBJJF, World Master 2016.(opens in a new tab)

    • She won Female Master 2 purple-belt Feather for Rilion Gracie Panama at the 2016 World Master.

      Where in the source: Female/Master 2/Purple/Feather podium.

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  • La Prensa, 25 September 2016.(opens in a new tab)

    • A September 2016 profile placed her at Rilion Gracie Panamá under Guillermo González and named Eduardo Grimaldo as husband and instructor. It described two hours’ daily preparation while she headed Pandeportes’ sport-for-all department.

      Where in the source: Academy paragraph; closing work paragraph.

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    • That profile described her guard-passing and preference for top position, connecting resistance to being turned over with gymnastics experience. Scarce comparable local opposition drove international competition; she hoped to encourage other women, with training partners becoming a community.

      Where in the source: Passing/top-position; women and partners paragraphs.

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  • La Prensa, 21 December 2025.(opens in a new tab)

    • In December 2025, La Prensa reported World No-Gi silver at Master black-belt Light. Rosanía described an unfamiliar format after focusing on gi, restricted preparation, and valuing the experience as confronting fear and learning rather than treating silver as failure.

      Where in the source: No-Gi preparation and reflection.

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