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Marcos Barreto

“Juruna”

Source: gfteamrockingham.com.au

Marcos “Juruna” Barreto won 1996 World, Pan and Brazilian black-belt roosterweight titles and taught at Monir Salomão’s academy.

Biography

Marcos “Juruna” Barreto is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black-belt competitor and teacher associated with Monir Salomão’s academy, known for his 1996 roosterweight titles at the World, Pan and Brazilian championships. The IBJJF results archive supplies most of this profile’s competition record. Barreto appeared under “Ac. Monir” in the adult black-belt roosterweight results for the 1996 World Championship, where he placed first ahead of Nikos Bahlzetis. He also placed first at that year’s Pan Championship, with Marcelo Andrade second, and at the Campeonato Brasileiro. The IBJJF’s public World results begin in 1996, making Barreto the first listed champion in that archive’s black-belt roosterweight division. Álvaro Bobadilla recounts returning to the Monir Academy as a teenager, where Monir Salomão and Barreto, nicknamed “Juruna,” taught him. After Salomão’s death in 1995, Barreto kept training at the academy and remained Bobadilla’s teacher in 1996. At a competition in Minas Gerais that year, Barreto promised Bobadilla a purple belt if he won his final; Bobadilla says he won by triangle and received the promotion at the end of the year. In a 2022 interview, GFTeam Vaz Lobo instructor Wallace Castro also named Barreto among the teachers from whom he learned.

Sources for this profile

  • IBJJF, World Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship 1996, official results(opens in a new tab)

    • The IBJJF's 1996 World Championship results place Marcos Barreto of Ac. Monir first in Adult / Black / Male / Rooster and Nikos Bahlzetis second.

      Where in the source: World Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship 1996; complete 'ADULT / BLACK / MALE / ROOSTER' block, between the Brown Open Class and Black Light Feather blocks

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  • IBJJF, Pan Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship 1996, official results(opens in a new tab)

    • The IBJJF's 1996 Pan results place Marcos Barreto, listed with Monir, first in Adult / Black / Male / Rooster and Marcelo Andrade of Carlson RJ second.

      Where in the source: Pan Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship 1996; complete 'ADULT / BLACK / MALE / ROOSTER' block

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  • IBJJF, Campeonato Brasileiro de Jiu-Jitsu 1996, official results(opens in a new tab)

    • The IBJJF's 1996 Campeonato Brasileiro results list Marcos Barreto, affiliated with Monir, first in Adult / Black / Male / Rooster.

      Where in the source: Campeonato Brasileiro de Jiu-Jitsu 1996; complete 'ADULT / BLACK / MALE / ROOSTER' block, immediately before Black Light Feather

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  • Álvaro Bobadilla, 'Biography', Álvaro Bobadilla BJJ / GFTeam Rockingham (undated)(opens in a new tab)

    • Álvaro Bobadilla's first-person academy biography says that, when he returned to the Monir Academy as a teenager, his teachers there were Monir Salomão and Marcos Barreto, whom he names as 'Juruna'.

      Where in the source: BIOGRAPHY; paragraph beginning 'With my parents’ divorce' and sentence 'welcomed by teachers Monir Salomao and Marcos Barreto (JURUNA)'

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    • Bobadilla recalls that after Monir Salomão died in 1995, Barreto continued training at the academy, and that Barreto was still his teacher when he competed in Minas Gerais in 1996.

      Where in the source: BIOGRAPHY; 1995 passage beginning In 1995, Mestre Monir died, followed by 1996 passage beginning In 1996, still a blue belt

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    • Bobadilla says Barreto promised him a purple belt if he won a 1996 final in Minas Gerais; Bobadilla says he won by triangle and received the promotion at the end of that year.

      Where in the source: BIOGRAPHY; paragraph beginning 'In 1996, still a blue belt', from 'I looked at my teacher Juruna' through 'receiving the purple belt at the end of the year'

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  • Graciemag Newsroom, 'Wallace Castro e a importância da criançada para a GFTeam Vaz Lobo', 2 August 2022(opens in a new tab)

    • In a 2022 Graciemag interview, GFTeam Vaz Lobo instructor Wallace Castro listed mestre Marcos Barreto 'Juruna' among the teachers from whom he had learned.

      Where in the source: Question 'Quando você aprendeu que trabalhar com crianças seria um diferencial fundamental para o seu ofício e para sua escola?'; Wallace Castro's answer beginning 'Recebi a faixa-preta em 2005'

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  • IBJJF, public historical results index (read 7 October 2026)(opens in a new tab)

    • The IBJJF's public results index starts its World Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship year list at 1996. This supports calling Barreto the first listed black-belt rooster champion in the IBJJF World results archive when read with the 1996 division result, but does not prove that no earlier jiu-jitsu world-style event existed elsewhere.

      Where in the source: Results; 'World Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship' year list beginning 1996, 1997, 1998

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Competition results

Recorded tournament results, newest first
YearEventResultDivision
1996IBJJF World ChampionshipSource: en.wikipedia.org-57 kgGiVerified1st place-57 kgGiVerified

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