Lucas Norat is a jiu-jitsu black belt under Flávio Almeida, and a representative of the Gracie Barra team in the sport's international circuit, who worked extensively with Villem Coelho at the franchise's Jacarepaguá training center in Rio de Janeiro. Norat was one of the first big names produced by Team GB's Ambassadors Program, a scouting project within the organization's network aimed at pushing talented grapplers through fully paid scholarships.