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Lillian Marchand

Lillian Marchand left Vernon, British Columbia, for Atos at fifteen and at 19 won IBJJF world titles with and without the gi in her first black belt season.

Biography

Lillian Marchand received her Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt in May 2025, and within her first season at the rank she became a world champion of the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF) both without the gi, the jacket-and-pants uniform of the sport, and in it: in Las Vegas in December 2025 and in Long Beach, California, in May 2026. She was 19 both times. She grew up in Vernon, British Columbia, and belongs to the Okanagan Indian Band. She started training at five at NOS BJJ in Vernon under Mario Deveault, who took her through the children's grades to blue belt. By her own account she did not take competition seriously until she was eleven or twelve. Her link to Atos Jiu-Jitsu in San Diego began early. André and Angelica Galvão, the co-founders of Atos, taught a seminar at her Canadian gym while she was still a yellow belt, and by about the age of nine she was traveling to San Diego for training camps at Atos ahead of the IBJJF Kids Pans, going back every year. At fifteen she left home and committed herself to Atos and to a professional career. At first she spent half of each year in San Diego, then moved there for good. She has said she disliked the city for about two years because she missed home, before she came to love it, and she has called the Galvãos and her Atos teammates her "chosen family". She has described the road as hard and credited a supportive family, and her advice to young athletes from small towns is that their hometown should not limit what they aim for. The training clicked, she told the IBJJF, in her juvenile years, when she was on the mat every day among world champions. She credits Angelica Galvão with telling the Atos students to carry themselves as black belts while they were still blue belts, and with the habits that followed in lifting, diet, drilling and mindset. In a 2025 team profile, Atos named Angelica as her biggest inspiration in the sport and listed De La Riva guard and a move called the Lilliplata as her favorite techniques. In 2023, as a juvenile blue belt, she won the four IBJJF championships that make up its Grand Slam, in divisions ranging from lightweight to heavyweight: the Europeans in Paris, the Pans in Florida, the Brasileiro (Brazil's national championship) in São Paulo and the Worlds in California. In 2024, her first season among adults, she won the purple belt medium-heavyweight division at the same four events and added the open-weight division, known as the open class, at the Brasileiro. Atos's video channel records that the Galvãos promoted her to brown belt on the podium. In November 2024, at 18, she won the brown and black belt 70 kg division at Abu Dhabi's World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship, competing four kilograms above her own weight. She took three matches by submission before beating Sabatha Santos in the final, a win Atos later listed as her favorite. At brown belt middleweight in 2025 she won the Europeans, the Pans and the Brasileiro, and finished second at the Worlds behind Helena Crevar. Her first IBJJF event at black belt was the European No-Gi Championship in Rome in early November 2025, where she won her opening match and went out in the second round. Back at the World Professional championship in Abu Dhabi in late 2025, she won again, now at black belt and at 62 kg, and said it felt good to face women her own size after the heavier opponents of 2024. Before the No-Gi Worlds she said no-gi was not her preferred format, but that it was where the attention and the professional money were. At the No-Gi World Championship in Las Vegas on December 13, 2025, she entered the black belt lightweight bracket as its lowest seed and won three of her four matches by submission. In the final she beat Amanda Bruse, her teammate at Atos. The IBJJF noted that she was the only Canadian to win a no-gi world title that year. Her IBJJF gi debut at black belt came at the European Championship in Lisbon, where the federation later judged her performance disappointing. At the Pans in Kissimmee, Florida, she was seeded 17th, the lowest seed in the middleweight division. Her first match, against the second seed, ended level and went her way on the referee's decision. She then won her quarterfinal with a rear-naked choke, used her passing pressure to set up a lapel choke against Aghata Rabelo in the semifinal, and in the final isolated Elisabeth Clay's arm for an armbar. It was her first Grand Slam title at black belt. In the open class she lost to Gabi Pessanha by six points. Days later, on March 31, 2026, she made her debut with the professional promotion Who's Number One at WNO 32 in Austin, Texas, winning a unanimous decision over Brazil's Jaine Fragoso in a nine-minute match where each of them went for submissions. A few weeks after that she met Clay again in the middleweight final of the Brasileiro. They exchanged attacks for nearly five minutes before Clay won by submission, which left each of them with one Grand Slam final win over the other that season. At the World Championship in Long Beach at the end of May, the middleweight division drew 21 competitors, and Marchand came in as the fourth seed and the reigning Pan champion. She opened by submitting Gabriele Schuck with a lapel choke applied from the back, won her quarterfinal by two points from a sweep and beat Emily Ferreira on an advantage in the semifinal. In the final she faced Clay once more. Neither could impose her game, and an early penalty against Clay for pulling guard decided the match in Marchand's favor. In the open class she lost to Pessanha in the quarterfinals by four points. The title did not fully satisfy her. In June she told the Vernon Morning Star that she was glad to have won but unhappy with how the final had been decided, that she "could have been more dominant", and that there was much more she could have done. After the Worlds she met members of the Okanagan Indian Band council, and Chief Dan Wilson congratulated her on the title. She also visited NOS in Vernon and showed her medals to the children there. She said that what Deveault had told her years earlier, about how well she could do in the sport, made sense to her 15 years later. On June 22, 2026, Mayor Victor Cumming and Vernon's city council formally recognized what she had achieved. In 2025 and 2026 she taught the children's classes at Atos, work the Vernon Morning Star described as her living outside competition. She has also studied early childhood education and has been learning the language of the Okanagan Indian Band. In September 2026 she was announced as a speaker at TEDx Kalamalka Lake, scheduled for November 3, 2026. At the 2026 Pan No-Gi Championship, she took bronze in the black belt lightweight division.

Sources for this profile

  • IBJJF, official results page, "European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2025".(opens in a new tab)

    • Official IBJJF results for the 2025 European Championship list Marchand (Atos Jiu-Jitsu) first in the female adult brown belt middleweight (69 kg) division.

      Where in the source: Category 'Female / Adult / Brown / Middle (69.00kg)' — place 1

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  • IBJJF News, "Lillian Marchand Embraces the Moment as a New Black Belt", by Danny O'Donnell, dated 01/05/26 (5 January 2026).(opens in a new tab)

    • In January 2026 the IBJJF described Lillian Marchand as a recently promoted black belt competing for Atos Jiu-Jitsu in San Diego, California.

      Where in the source: Opening paragraph — 'newly promoted black belt'

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    • As a new black belt, Marchand won lightweight gold at the World No-Gi Championships shortly before this January 2026 article, finishing three of her four opponents by submission.

      Where in the source: Opening paragraph and the paragraph after the first quote — 'lightweight gold'

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    • Marchand told the IBJJF she started training at five but did not take competition seriously until she was about eleven or twelve, and that it clicked in her juvenile years, when she trained every day in a room full of world champions.

      Where in the source: Quoted paragraph beginning 'I started training'

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    • Marchand recalled that André and Angelica Galvão taught a seminar at her gym in Canada when she was a yellow belt; she later visited Atos before the Pan Kids tournament, returned every year, and in 2021 moved to San Diego, just before her juvenile years, to train and compete.

      Where in the source: Quoted paragraph on the seminar by the Galvãos, after the paragraph on growing up in Canada — 'came to my gym'

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    • Marchand credited Angelica Galvão with telling the Atos students to behave like black belts while they were still blue belts, which she said shaped how they approached lifting, diet, drilling and mindset.

      Where in the source: Quoted paragraph on Atos culture — 'acting like black belts'

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    • Addressing young athletes from small towns, Marchand said where you come from should not limit your goals; she described the path as hard, including leaving home at fifteen, and credited a supportive family.

      Where in the source: Final long quote — 'home at fifteen'

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    • In January 2026 Marchand was preparing for her IBJJF black belt gi debut at the European Championships in Lisbon at middleweight; she said she had moved between weight classes since her juvenile years and had done well at middleweight as a brown belt.

      Where in the source: Second paragraph and the weight-division quote — 'gi debut'

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  • IBJJF News, "2026 World Championship Black Belt Recap", by Kaelan Crisosto, dated 06/04/26 (4 June 2026).(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2026 IBJJF World Championship in Long Beach, the female black belt middleweight division had 21 competitors; Marchand, of Atos Jiu-Jitsu, entered as the fourth seed and the reigning Pan champion.

      Where in the source: Female divisions, Middleweight paragraph — 'twenty-one competitors'

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    • On the first day of the 2026 Worlds, Marchand submitted Gabriele Schuck with a lapel choke from the back, won her quarterfinal by two points with a sweep, and beat Emily Ferreira on an advantage to reach the final.

      Where in the source: Middleweight paragraph, opening rounds — 'lapel choke'

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    • Before the 2026 Worlds, Marchand and Elisabeth Clay had each won a 2026 major final against the other: Marchand took the Pan title by armbar, and Clay won the Brasileiro final by submission.

      Where in the source: Middleweight paragraph, on the earlier finals — 'rubber match'

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    • In the 2026 World middleweight final against Elisabeth Clay, neither athlete could impose her game; an early penalty against Clay for pulling guard decided the match, and Marchand won the title.

      Where in the source: Middleweight paragraph, the final — 'penalty for guard pulling'

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    • The IBJJF wrote that the 2026 world title made Marchand a gi and no-gi world champion in her first season at black belt, and called her a young Canadian.

      Where in the source: End of the middleweight paragraph — 'rookie season'; 'young Canadian'

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    • Marchand also entered the open-weight division at the 2026 Worlds and lost in the quarterfinals to Gabi Pessanha by four points.

      Where in the source: Open class paragraph — 'four-point victory'

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  • Vernon Morning Star, "Home for a rest for Vernon, OKIB world champion martial artist", by Roger Knox, 12 June 2026 (also run by the Grand Forks Gazette).(opens in a new tab)

    • In June 2026 the Vernon Morning Star described Marchand as a 19-year-old member of the Okanagan Indian Band from Vernon who would turn 20 later that year, which places her birth year in 2006.

      Where in the source: Opening news paragraph — 'The 19-year-old'; her age is repeated after her first quote

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    • The Vernon Morning Star reported that Marchand won the black belt 69 kg class at the IBJJF gi World Championships, held 28-31 May 2026 in Long Beach, California, winning four matches.

      Where in the source: Opening news paragraph — '69 kilogram class'; four fights noted later

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    • Marchand told the paper she was happy to have won the 2026 world title and wanted to keep improving, but was not happy with the way she won, saying she could have been more dominant and could have done much more.

      Where in the source: First quote in the article — 'way I won'

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    • According to the Vernon Morning Star, in the year after her 2025 promotion to black belt Marchand became no-gi world champion, won the Pan and World titles in the gi, and won her debut professional match.

      Where in the source: Paragraph after the Pans/Brasileiro account — 'debut professional superfight'

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    • The Vernon Morning Star reported that Marchand submitted Elisabeth Clay with an armbar in the black belt middleweight final of the 2026 Pans in Kissimmee, Florida, and that Clay beat her by submission in the 69 kg final of the Brasileiro in Barueri a few weeks later.

      Where in the source: Paragraphs on the Pans and the Brasileiro — 'got her revenge'

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    • Marchand's first instructor was Mario Deveault, owner of NOS (North Okanagan Shuswap) BJJ and MMA in Vernon; after the 2026 Worlds she visited the gym, showed her medals to the children there, and said that what Deveault had told her years earlier about how well she could do in the sport now made sense, 15 years later.

      Where in the source: Paragraphs on her visit to NOS — 'first instructor'; her quote ending '15 years later'

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    • After the 2026 Worlds, Marchand met members of the Okanagan Indian Band council, and Chief Dan Wilson congratulated her on the black belt middleweight world title.

      Where in the source: Paragraph on the council meeting and the chief's quoted statement

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    • The Vernon Morning Star reported that before her black belt promotion Marchand had won gi and no-gi titles at the Pans, the Europeans, in Brazil and in Abu Dhabi in both 2024 and 2025.

      Where in the source: Paragraph beginning 'Prior to promotion'

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  • IBJJF, official results page, "World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2025".(opens in a new tab)

    • Official IBJJF results for the 2025 World No-Gi Championship list Lillian Jane Marchand (Atos Jiu-Jitsu) first in the female adult black belt lightweight division, ahead of her Atos teammate Amanda Dean Bruse in second.

      Where in the source: Category 'Female / Adult / Black / Light (136.00lb)' — places 1 and 2

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  • IBJJF, official results page, "Pan IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2026".(opens in a new tab)

    • Official IBJJF results for the 2026 Pan Championship list Marchand (Atos Jiu-Jitsu) first and Elisabeth Ann Clay second in the female adult black belt middleweight division.

      Where in the source: Category 'Female / Adult / Black / Middle (152.60lb)' — places 1 and 2

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  • IBJJF, official results page, "Campeonato Brasileiro de Jiu-Jitsu 2026".(opens in a new tab)

    • Official IBJJF results for the 2026 Brasileiro list Elisabeth Ann Clay first and Marchand (Atos Jiu-Jitsu) second in the female adult black belt middleweight (69 kg) division.

      Where in the source: Category 'Female / Adult / Black / Middle (69.00kg)' — places 1 and 2

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  • IBJJF, official results page, "World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2026".(opens in a new tab)

    • Official IBJJF results for the 2026 World Championship list Marchand (Atos Jiu-Jitsu) first and Elisabeth Ann Clay second in the female adult black belt middleweight division.

      Where in the source: Category 'Female / Adult / Black / Middle (152.60lb)' — places 1 and 2

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  • IBJJF, official results page, "World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2025".(opens in a new tab)

    • Official IBJJF results for the 2025 World Championship list Marchand (Atos Jiu-Jitsu) second, behind Helena Crevar, in the female adult brown belt middleweight division.

      Where in the source: Category 'Female / Adult / Brown / Middle (152.60lb)' — place 2

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  • IBJJF, official results page, "Pan IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2025".(opens in a new tab)

    • Official IBJJF results for the 2025 Pan Championship list Marchand (Atos Jiu-Jitsu) first in the female adult brown belt middleweight division and third in the brown belt open class.

      Where in the source: Categories 'Female / Adult / Brown / Middle (152.60lb)' — place 1; 'Female / Adult / Brown / Open Class' — place 3

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  • IBJJF, official results page, "Campeonato Brasileiro de Jiu-Jitsu 2025".(opens in a new tab)

    • Official IBJJF results for the 2025 Brasileiro list Marchand (Atos Jiu-Jitsu) first in the female adult brown belt middleweight (69 kg) division and third in the brown belt open class.

      Where in the source: Categories 'Female / Adult / Brown / Middle (69.00kg)' — place 1; 'Female / Adult / Brown / Open Class' — place 3

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  • IBJJF, official results page, "Pan IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2026".(opens in a new tab)

    • Official IBJJF results for the 2026 Pan No-Gi Championship, marked as the final result on 4 October 2026, list Lillian Jane Marchand third in the female adult black belt lightweight division.

      Where in the source: Category 'Female / Adult / Black / Light (136.00lb)' — place 3

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  • IBJJF News, "International Scene Captures No-Gi Worlds Spotlight", by Kaelan Crisosto, dated 12/17/25 (17 December 2025).(opens in a new tab)

    • In December 2025 the IBJJF called Marchand the only Canadian to win a No-Gi World title that year, noted that she entered the lightweight bracket as the lowest seed, and said she comes from Vernon, British Columbia, where she started jiu-jitsu at five; the title capped her first season at black belt.

      Where in the source: Section 'Canada' — 'lone Canadian'; 'lowest seed'

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  • IBJJF News, "2026 Pans Black Belt | Female Champions", by Kaelan Crisosto, dated 04/02/26 (2 April 2026).(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2026 Pans, Marchand entered the middleweight division as the lowest seed; she beat the second seed on a referee decision after a tied match, won her quarterfinal by rear-naked choke, used her passing pressure to set up a lapel-choke finish against Aghata Rabelo in the semifinal, and in the final isolated Elisabeth Clay's arm for a submission, her first major title in the gi.

      Where in the source: Middleweight section — 'lowest seed'; 'first major title'

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    • In the open class at the 2026 Pans, Marchand lost to Gabi Pessanha by six points.

      Where in the source: Open class section — 'six-point victory'

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  • IBJJF News, "2026 Brasileiro | Female Black Belt Standouts", by Kaelan Crisosto, dated 05/06/26 (6 May 2026).(opens in a new tab)

    • In the 2026 Brasileiro middleweight final, a rematch of the Pans final, Clay and Marchand traded attacks for nearly five minutes before Clay finished with a leg-lock submission, leaving the two 1-1 in Grand Slam finals that season.

      Where in the source: Middleweight section — 'five-minute mark'

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  • IBJJF News, "2026 Brasileiro Black Belt Preview | Female Divisions", by Kaelan Crisosto, dated 04/29/26 (29 April 2026).(opens in a new tab)

    • Previewing the 2026 Brasileiro, the IBJJF wrote that Marchand had returned to title contention at the Pans after a disappointing performance at the European Championship, and called her a rookie black belt gaining confidence with each Grand Slam event.

      Where in the source: Middleweight section — 'disappointing performance at Europeans'

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  • IBJJF News, "Adult Black Belt Division Previews | 2026 European Championships", by Kaelan Crisosto, dated 01/20/26 (20 January 2026).(opens in a new tab)

    • Previewing the 2026 European Championship, the IBJJF wrote that Marchand, at nineteen, headlined the middleweight bracket in her black belt gi debut, having won all four major titles during her coloured-belt career.

      Where in the source: Section 'Female Middleweight' — 'all four major titles'

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  • Vernon Morning Star, "World is at feet and hands for Vernon martial artist", by Roger Knox, 15 December 2025.(opens in a new tab)

    • The Vernon Morning Star reported that Marchand won the adult female lightweight division at the IBJJF No-Gi World Championship in Las Vegas on 13 December 2025, beating her Atos teammate Amanda Bruse in the final, and that she had received her black belt in May 2025.

      Where in the source: Opening paragraphs — 'teammate Amanda Bruse'; black belt 'in May'

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    • Marchand's first IBJJF event as a black belt was the European No-Gi Championship in Rome in early November 2025, where she won her first match and was eliminated in the second round.

      Where in the source: Paragraph on her black belt debut — 'black belt debut'

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    • In late 2025 Marchand won the AJP (Abu Dhabi Jiu-Jitsu Pro) world title in Abu Dhabi at black belt in the 62 kg division, a year after winning her first AJP world title there at 70 kg; she said it felt good to face opponents her own size after fighting heavier women the year before.

      Where in the source: Paragraphs on Abu Dhabi and her quote — 'fight girls my size'

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    • Before the 2025 No-Gi Worlds, Marchand told the paper she was not a fan of no-gi but that it was where the attention and the professional money were.

      Where in the source: Her quote before heading to Vegas — 'professional money'

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    • The Vernon Morning Star reported that jiu-jitsu was the only sport Marchand practised growing up; she began at five at NOS BJJ in Vernon under Mario Deveault, who promoted her through the kids' belts to blue belt, and by about nine she was travelling to San Diego for training camps at Atos before the IBJJF Kids Pans.

      Where in the source: Paragraphs on how she started — 'kids’ ranks'

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    • At 15 Marchand committed fully to training at Atos and to a professional career; she first spent half of each year in San Diego and then moved there full time, and she told the paper she disliked San Diego for about two years because she missed home before coming to love it.

      Where in the source: Paragraphs on the move — 'I hated it'

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    • Marchand described Atos co-founders André and Angelica Galvão and her teammates in San Diego as her 'chosen family'.

      Where in the source: Paragraph on her life in San Diego — 'chosen family'

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    • Alongside her own training, Marchand teaches children's classes at the Atos gym, which the paper said is how she earns a living outside competition; she has also studied early childhood education and has been learning the language of the Okanagan Indian Band.

      Where in the source: Paragraphs on her weekly schedule — 'teach kids'

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  • Vernon Morning Star, "Long arm of Lilli: devastating armlock propels Vernon martial artist to international victory", by Roger Knox, 30 March 2026.(opens in a new tab)

    • The Vernon Morning Star reported that Marchand entered the 2026 Pans seeded 17th and reached her first gi Grand Slam final in her first season as a black belt, which she had received in May 2025.

      Where in the source: Paragraphs on the bracket — 'seeded 17th'

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  • Vernon Morning Star, "UPDATE: Vernon's Marchand victorious in WNO Brazilian jiu jitsu debut", by Roger Knox, 1 April 2026.(opens in a new tab)

    • Days after the 2026 Pans, Marchand made her debut with the professional grappling promotion Who's Number One (WNO) at WNO 32 in Austin, Texas, on 31 March 2026, winning a decision over Brazil's Jaine Fragoso in an undercard bantamweight match.

      Where in the source: Update of 1 April at the top — 'WNO debut'

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  • Vernon Morning Star, "Vernon's Lillian Marchand becomes world jiu-jitsu champion", by Bowen Assman, 17 November 2024.(opens in a new tab)

    • At 18, in November 2024, Marchand won the women's brown/black belt 70 kg division at the Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship, beating Sabatha Santos in the final after three submission wins, in her first year in the adult division and in a class four kilograms above her weight.

      Where in the source: Paragraphs on the Abu Dhabi result — '70 kg division'

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    • The Vernon Morning Star reported that earlier in the 2024 season Marchand won the Pan Championship at purple belt and double gold at the Brasileiro, and that in her final juvenile season she had become the first Canadian woman to win all four major championships, the Grand Slam.

      Where in the source: Closing paragraphs — 'first female Canadian'

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  • Vernon Morning Star, "Vernon's Lillian Marchand rewriting the history books in Brazilian jiu-jitsu", by Bowen Assman, 9 June 2023.(opens in a new tab)

    • In 2023, in the juvenile division, Marchand won the IBJJF European Championship in Paris, the Pan Championship in Florida, the Brasileiro in São Paulo and the World Championship in California.

      Where in the source: Paragraphs on the 2023 season — 'Grand Slam'

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  • Atos Jiu-Jitsu HQ, "Meet the Atos HQ Dream Team", 18 April 2025.(opens in a new tab)

    • Atos's April 2025 profile of Marchand, then a brown belt middleweight, says she was born and raised in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada, lists De La Riva and the 'Lilliplata' as her favourite techniques, names the 2024 Abu Dhabi World Pro as her favourite win, and names Angelica Galvão as her biggest jiu-jitsu inspiration.

      Where in the source: Dream Team entry 'LILLIAN MARCHAND' — 'Lilliplata'; 'Biggest Jiu-Jitsu inspiration'

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  • Atos Jiu-Jitsu HQ, "Atos at the 2026 Worlds", 2 June 2026.(opens in a new tab)

    • After the 2026 Worlds, Atos wrote that Marchand, at 19, was a gi and no-gi world champion, that she had first come to Atos at nine and travelled to train there as a child, praised her work ethic and discipline, and said she teaches the academy's kids programme.

      Where in the source: Section 'LILLY MARCHAND' — 'teaches our kids program'

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  • Atos Jiu-Jitsu HQ, "Atos Jiu-Jitsu: 8-Time IBJJF No-Gi World Champions", 14 December 2025.(opens in a new tab)

    • Atos reported that its athletes closed out the 2025 No-Gi World adult female lightweight final, with Marchand beating teammate Amanda Bruse to become a black belt No-Gi world champion at 19.

      Where in the source: Women's black belt paragraph — 'closeout'

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  • Wikipedia, "Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship", revision of 24 November 2025 (cites the official AJP results pages).(opens in a new tab)

    • Wikipedia's table of female brown/black belt gold medallists at the Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship lists Lillian Marchand (Atos, Canada) as the 70 kg winner in 2024 and the 62 kg winner in 2025.

      Where in the source: Section 'Female brown / black belt gold medalists', last table (columns 49/55/62/70/90-95 kg), rows 2024 and 2025

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  • Castanet (Kamloops edition), "Vernon council honours local athlete Lillian Marchand for outstanding accomplishments on world stage", by Bowen Assman, 23 June 2026.(opens in a new tab)

    • On 22 June 2026 Vernon city council, led by Mayor Victor Cumming, formally recognised Marchand's achievements in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

      Where in the source: Opening paragraphs on the council meeting of 22 June — 'recognition of Marchand's achievements'

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  • Castanet (Kamloops edition), "Okanagan Indian Band athlete named 2024 World Pro Champion", by Chelsey Mutter, 18 November 2024.(opens in a new tab)

    • Castanet reported that at 18 Marchand won the 70 kg brown/black belt division at the 2024 Abu Dhabi World Pro, beating Brazil's Sabatha Lais in the final on an advantage earned with an arm attack.

      Where in the source: Opening paragraphs and the quoted release on the final — 'arm attack'

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  • Castanet (Kamloops edition), "Busy week for Vernon BJJ star Lillian Marchand ends with two major international wins", by Bowen Assman, 6 April 2026.(opens in a new tab)

    • Castanet reported that within four days Marchand won the 2026 Pan title in Florida, entering as the 17th seed and submitting Elisabeth Clay with an armbar in the final, and then won her professional debut at WNO 32 in Texas by unanimous decision over Jaine Fragoso after a nine-minute bantamweight match in which both traded submission attempts.

      Where in the source: Paragraphs on the Pans and on WNO 32 — 'unanimous decision'

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  • Castanet (Kamloops edition), "Okanagan Indian Band Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt to speak at TEDx Kalamalka Lake", by Darren Handschuh, 10 September 2026.(opens in a new tab)

    • In September 2026 Castanet reported that Marchand, then 20, had been announced as a speaker at TEDx Kalamalka Lake, scheduled for 3 November 2026 at the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre.

      Where in the source: Opening paragraphs — 'TEDx Kalamalka Lake'

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  • IBJJF, official results page, "European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2023".(opens in a new tab)

    • Official IBJJF results for the 2023 European Championship list Marchand (Atos Jiu-Jitsu) first in the female juvenile blue belt lightweight division and first in its light open class.

      Where in the source: Categories 'Female / Juvenile 2 / Blue / Light (56.50kg)' and 'Female / Juvenile 2 / Blue / Open Class Light' — place 1

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  • IBJJF, official results page, "Pan IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2023".(opens in a new tab)

    • Official IBJJF results for the 2023 Pan Championship list Marchand (Atos Jiu-Jitsu) first in the female juvenile blue belt lightweight division.

      Where in the source: Category 'Female / Juvenile 2 / Blue / Light (125.00lb)' — place 1

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  • IBJJF, official results page, "Campeonato Brasileiro de Jiu-Jitsu (Juvenil, Adulto e Master) 2023".(opens in a new tab)

    • Official IBJJF results for the 2023 Brasileiro list Marchand (Atos Jiu-Jitsu) first in the female juvenile blue belt medium-heavy division.

      Where in the source: Category 'Female / Juvenile 2 / Blue / Medium Heavy (65.00kg)' — place 1

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  • IBJJF, official results page, "World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2023".(opens in a new tab)

    • Official IBJJF results for the 2023 World Championship list Marchand (Atos Jiu-Jitsu) first in the female juvenile blue belt heavyweight division and second in its heavy open class, behind Sarah Galvão.

      Where in the source: Categories 'Female / Juvenile 2 / Blue / Heavy (152.00lb)' — place 1; 'Open Class Heavy' — place 2

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  • IBJJF, official results page, "European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2024".(opens in a new tab)

    • Official IBJJF results for the 2024 European Championship list Marchand (Atos Jiu-Jitsu) first in the female adult purple belt medium-heavy division and second in the purple belt open class.

      Where in the source: Categories 'Female / Adult / Purple / Medium Heavy (74.00kg)' — place 1; 'Female / Adult / Purple / Open Class' — place 2

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  • IBJJF, official results page, "Pan IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2024".(opens in a new tab)

    • Official IBJJF results for the 2024 Pan Championship list Marchand (Atos Jiu-Jitsu) first in the female adult purple belt medium-heavy division and second in the purple belt open class, behind Sarah Galvão.

      Where in the source: Categories 'Female / Adult / Purple / Medium Heavy (163.60lb)' — place 1; 'Female / Adult / Purple / Open Class' — place 2

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  • IBJJF, official results page, "Campeonato Brasileiro de Jiu-Jitsu 2024".(opens in a new tab)

    • Official IBJJF results for the 2024 Brasileiro list Marchand (Atos Jiu-Jitsu) first in both the female adult purple belt medium-heavy division and the purple belt open class.

      Where in the source: Categories 'Female / Adult / Purple / Medium Heavy (74.00kg)' and 'Female / Adult / Purple / Open Class' — place 1

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  • IBJJF, official results page, "World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2024".(opens in a new tab)

    • Official IBJJF results for the 2024 World Championship list Marchand (Atos Jiu-Jitsu) first in the female adult purple belt medium-heavy division and third in the purple belt open class.

      Where in the source: Categories 'Female / Adult / Purple / Medium Heavy (163.60lb)' — place 1; 'Female / Adult / Purple / Open Class' — place 3

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  • Atos BJJ OnDemand, "IBJJF Worlds Journey Feat Lillian Marchand" (video page; undated).(opens in a new tab)

    • Atos's own video service says that in an exceptional season Marchand won the IBJJF European, Brasileiro, Pan and World Championships, completing the Grand Slam, and that André and Angelica Galvão promoted her to brown belt on the podium.

      Where in the source: Video description under 'IBJJF Worlds Journey Feat Lillian Marchand' — 'promoted to brown belt on the podium'

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  • BJJ Heroes, "Lillian Marchand" (fighter database profile, written by Mayara Munhos).(opens in a new tab)

    • BJJ Heroes states that André and Angelica Galvão promoted Marchand to black belt on 31 May 2025.

      Where in the source: Biography section, paragraph on her black belt — 'May 31, 2025'

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    • BJJ Heroes' fight record lists Marchand's 2026 European Championship middleweight run as ending in the quarterfinals with a 2-0 points loss to Larissa Martins, and her first black belt event, the 2025 European No-Gi Championship, as an armbar win over Livia Rhodes followed by a quarterfinal loss to Julia Maele by kneebar.

      Where in the source: Fight history table — rows for 'European Champ' 2026 and 'Euro NoGi' 2025

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