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Omar Salum

Manaus rooster-weight who won IBJJF world titles in 1999 and 2000 under Royler Gracie, then returned from a knee injury to win masters titles into his fifties.

Biography

Omar Salum won the black belt rooster-weight world title of the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF) in 1999 and again in 2000, as a student of Royler Gracie. A severe knee injury then kept him out of competition for years, but he came back as a masters athlete, coached students who went on to teach in Manaus and in California, and in 2026, in his fifties, he was still winning IBJJF titles. Salum, whose full name is Omar Antonio Lima Salum Junior, was born in 1975 and grew up in Manaus. His introduction to jiu-jitsu came in September 1993, by way of Luis Neto and Kleber Gadelha, friends since childhood who were blue belts with the Monteiro academy and held informal grappling contests in a backyard at weekends. At one of those sessions a 12-year-old twice made Salum, then in his late teens, submit to a rear-naked choke, a strangle applied from behind. The boy turned out to hold an orange belt. BJJ Heroes says the experience persuaded Salum to give himself fully to jiu-jitsu. He first enrolled at an academy near his home but left after disagreeing with the way it coached. His two friends then brought him to Associação Monteiro, which the Monteiro brothers had founded in Manaus in 1988 while they were still training at Gracie Humaitá. His first class there, on 4 February 1994, was taught by Fábio "Binho" Monteiro. He began competing almost straight away. At his first event, a state championship that put white and blue belts in a single category, he won six matches, four of them against purple belts, BJJ Heroes says, and he received his blue belt about two months into his training. BJJ Heroes describes a heavy loss at the 1996 world championship, which came when he was at his most confident, as a turning point after which he concluded that talent alone would not take him to the top. He then moved to Rio de Janeiro and joined the classes of Royler Gracie, whom BJJ Heroes calls his idol, at the Gracie academy in Humaitá. The Monteiro brothers had all trained under Royler, and two former Monteiro students, Saulo and Xande Ribeiro, were already there. At the 1997 World Championship the IBJJF lists him for Gracie Humaitá as winner of the purple belt rooster division, and he won the same division at that year's Pan American Championship. In 1998 he was the brown belt rooster-weight world champion, ahead of Max Sabino of Nova União, and in 1999 he won the brown belt light-feather division at the Pan American Championship. After reaching brown belt he began studying law at university, and from then on he competed less often, entering mainly the Pan American and World championships. Royler Gracie promoted him to black belt in 1999, and the IBJJF results for that year's World Championship list him first in the adult black belt rooster division, with Ralph Pires second. He won the division again in 2000, ahead of Marcelo Pereira of Nova União. BJJ Heroes says those back-to-back titles set the record for the division and that the record stood for ten years, until Bruno Malfacine broke it. Previewing the 2009 championship, Graciemag described him as the only fighter in the division's history to have won the title twice. Looking back from 2019, BJJ Heroes summed up his style of that era as well rounded: good takedowns, unusual in such a light fighter, a butterfly guard combined with collar-and-sleeve grips, and a forceful knee-slice pass. After his second world title Salum suffered a severe knee injury. BJJ Heroes, which interviewed him in 2019, says it led to several operations and years away from competition, and that by the time he returned his priorities had changed. He came back in 2005, competing mostly in masters divisions, which group athletes by age, at national and international events. IBJJF results list him as winner of his Master 1 black belt division at the International Master championship each year from 2005 to 2009, and of the Master 2 featherweight division in 2011, when he also shared third place in the open class, where no weight limit applies. BJJ Heroes says he also started an academy of his own, Cia Athletica. His teaching went back further. Nabil Lelis Abdel Aziz, known as Mestre Nabil, helped with classes at Salum's gym from 2001, while still a purple belt. According to BJJ Heroes, Salum had taken over Nabil's training from his first coach and promoted him through every belt, up to black belt in 2004, and Nabil stayed affiliated with him after opening a gym of his own in December 2003. Kauã Gabriel Barbosa, later a black belt under Melqui Galvão, took his first steps in jiu-jitsu at Salum's school, according to BJJ Heroes. In September 2014 Graciemag reported that Salum had won the Master 2 featherweight division at the IBJJF Manaus Open and that his team, entered as Clube Omar Salum, had finished first in the academy standings, ahead of Gracie Barra and of Associação Monteiro, where he had taken his first class twenty years earlier. Nabil's affiliation with Salum lasted until September 2015, when Salum moved to the United States and Nabil formed his own association in Manaus, Nabil Jiu-Jitsu; BJJ Heroes credits it with working with athletes including Diego "Pato" Oliveira, Hygor Brito, Alex Sodré and Diego Sodré. By 2019 Salum was running a Gracie Humaitá affiliate of his own in Hemet, California, which he had spent the previous year setting up with his wife's help. That year he also returned to the adult World Championship, nineteen years after his last appearance. He told BJJ Heroes he had been helping his wife prepare for the same event, was training well and felt healthy, and wanted to compete alongside the new generation at the Walter Pyramid. The site's preview placed him as the first generation in a rooster-weight field that also included Bruno Malfacine, and noted that as a former champion he did not need ranking points to enter. In the interview he said athletes had become far more professional than in his day, when physical conditioning was ignored, but he faulted modern rooster-weights for skipping stand-up and guard passing in favor of strategy, arguing that self-defense is the core of the art. He thanked Royler Gracie, whom he called his coach, for helping him prepare. In May 2022 BJJEE reported that a promotion ceremony had been held during a visit by Royler Gracie to the Hemet academy, at which Salum received his sixth degree and Rorion Gracie in turn promoted Royler. The IBJJF register of certified black belts lists Salum as a sixth-degree black belt with Gracie Humaitá Hemet, and the academy's website lists him among its instructors, as it does Jonadab Urueta, a black belt under Salum who helps coach there. At the IBJJF World Master Championship, Salum shared third place in the Master 3 open class in 2016, and he won his light-feather division in 2017, 2020 and 2022. Marcus Norat, who won the adult rooster-weight world title in 2002, had trained alongside him: he told Graciemag in 2022 that in the months before that title he trained daily under Royler and Rolker Gracie with partners including Megaton, Salum and Saulo and Xande Ribeiro, in sessions he remembered as extremely hard. In 2017, 2018, 2021 and 2022 the top two places in Salum's light-feather division, Master 3 and later Master 4, went to the two of them, both listed for Gracie Humaitá: Salum finished first in 2017 and 2022, Norat in 2018 and 2021. In 2026, competing in Master 5, he won both the light-feather division and the open class at the IBJJF European Championship, and took the light-feather title and a share of third place in the open class at the Pan American Championship. In May the hosts of a podcast, who describe Salum as their professor, said he was preparing to enter the adult division of the IBJJF World Championship. At that year's World Master Championship he finished second in his weight class and shared third place in the open class.

Sources for this profile

  • BJJ Heroes, 'Omar Salum' (fighter database profile), undated.(opens in a new tab)

    • BJJ Heroes gives Omar Salum's full name as Omar Antonio Lima Salum Junior and his date of birth as 22 July 1975.

      Where in the source: Fact box, full-name line; biography, first paragraph (date of birth)

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    • Conflicting accounts

      The BJJ Heroes biography places his birth in Belém, in the state of Pará, and says he moved to Manaus as a young child; the introduction on the same page instead calls him Manaus-born.

      Where in the source: Biography, first paragraph ('Belém'); compare the introduction above the fact box

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    • His introduction to jiu-jitsu came in September 1993 via Luis Neto and Kleber Gadelha, friends since childhood who were blue belts with the Monteiro academy and ran informal weekend grappling contests in a backyard.

      Where in the source: Biography, first and second paragraphs ('September 1993')

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    • At one of those backyard sessions, when Salum was in his late teens, a 12-year-old boy who turned out to be an orange belt submitted him twice with a rear-naked choke; according to BJJ Heroes, the experience led him to commit himself fully to jiu-jitsu.

      Where in the source: Biography, second paragraph ('orange belt')

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    • He first enrolled at an academy near his home but did not stay, because he disagreed with how it coached; his two friends then brought him to Associação Monteiro, where his first class, taught by Fábio 'Binho' Monteiro, took place on 4 February 1994.

      Where in the source: Biography, third paragraph ('February 1994')

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    • BJJ Heroes says he began competing almost at once: at his first event, a state championship with a combined white and blue belt category, he won six matches, four of them against purple belts, and he received his blue belt after about two months of training.

      Where in the source: Biography, fourth paragraph ('two months')

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    • BJJ Heroes describes a heavy loss at the 1996 world championship, when he was at his most confident, as a turning point after which he concluded that talent alone would not take him to the top.

      Where in the source: Biography, fifth paragraph ('heavy defeat')

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    • He then relocated to Rio de Janeiro and joined Royler Gracie's classes at the Gracie academy in Humaitá; BJJ Heroes calls Royler his idol. The Monteiro brothers had all trained under Royler, and two former Monteiro students, Saulo and Xande Ribeiro, were already at Humaitá.

      Where in the source: Biography, sixth paragraph ('his idol')

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    • After reaching brown belt he began studying law at university, and from then on he competed less often, entering mostly the Pan American championship and the Mundial.

      Where in the source: Biography, seventh paragraph ('law school')

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    • Royler Gracie promoted him to black belt in 1999.

      Where in the source: Biography, eighth paragraph; lineage line in the fact box

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    • BJJ Heroes says his back-to-back black belt world titles in 1999 and 2000 set the record for the rooster-weight division, a record it says stood for ten years until Bruno Malfacine broke it.

      Where in the source: Introduction; biography, eighth paragraph ('10 years')

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    • BJJ Heroes reports that he suffered a severe knee injury after his second world title.

      Where in the source: Biography, eighth paragraph ('knee injury')

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    • He returned to competition in 2005, mostly in masters divisions at national and international events, and BJJ Heroes says he also started his own academy, Cia Athletica.

      Where in the source: Biography, final paragraph; fact box, team line

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    • BJJ Heroes lists first places at the IBJJF International Master & Seniors championship in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 and at the CBJJE World Cup in 2009 among his main achievements.

      Where in the source: Fact box, list of main achievements

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    • BJJ Heroes credits him with working closely with Fábio 'Binho' Monteiro and with representing Associação Monteiro as well as Gracie Humaitá prior to founding an academy of his own.

      Where in the source: Introduction, first sentence

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  • Graciemag, 'Mundial peso-galo: a dura missão de ser bicampeão', 2 June 2009 (Portuguese).(opens in a new tab)

    • Previewing the 2009 Worlds, Graciemag wrote that Omar Salum of Gracie Humaitá was the only fighter in the history of the rooster-weight division to have won the world title twice, doing it in consecutive years, 1999 and 2000.

      Where in the source: Second text paragraph, after the 2009 entry list ('Omar Salum (Gracie Humaitá)')

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  • BJJ Heroes, 'After a 19 Year Hiatus, Former Roosterweight King Omar Salum Returns To The Worlds' (interview, 2019).(opens in a new tab)

    • BJJ Heroes' 2019 interview says the knee injury led to several operations and years away from competition, and that by the time he came back he was competing as a masters athlete with different priorities.

      Where in the source: First paragraph ('numerous surgeries')

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    • In 2019, nineteen years after his last appearance, Salum entered the IBJJF World Championship again; he told BJJ Heroes that he had been helping his wife prepare for the same event, was training well and feeling healthy, and wanted to compete alongside the new generation at the Walter Pyramid.

      Where in the source: Second paragraph, Salum's quoted explanation ('preparing my wife')

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    • In the same interview Salum said athletes are far more professional than in his day, when physical conditioning was ignored, but criticised modern rooster-weights for skipping stand-up and guard passing in favour of strategy, arguing that self-defence is the core of the art.

      Where in the source: Third paragraph, Salum's answer on pros and cons of modern jiu-jitsu

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    • At the time of the 2019 interview he was running a Gracie Humaitá affiliate of his own in Hemet, California, which he had spent the previous twelve months setting up with his wife's help, and he thanked his coach Royler Gracie for helping him prepare.

      Where in the source: Final paragraph ('Gracie Humaitá affiliate')

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  • IBJJF, 'World Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship 1997' results page.(opens in a new tab)

    • The IBJJF results for the 1997 World Championship list Omar Salum of Gracie Humaitá in first place in the adult male purple belt rooster division.

      Where in the source: Athletes results by category, 'ADULT / PURPLE / MALE / ROOSTER', place 1

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  • IBJJF, 'World Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship 1998' results page.(opens in a new tab)

    • The IBJJF results for the 1998 World Championship list Omar Salum of Gracie Humaitá in first place in the adult male brown belt rooster division, ahead of Max Sabino of Nova União.

      Where in the source: Athletes results by category, 'ADULT / BROWN / MALE / ROOSTER', places 1 and 2

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  • IBJJF, 'Pan Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship 1997' results page.(opens in a new tab)

    • The IBJJF results for the 1997 Pan American Championship list Omar Salum, representing 'Rickson e Royler', in first place in the adult male purple belt rooster division.

      Where in the source: Athletes results by category, 'ADULT / PURPLE / MALE / ROOSTER', place 1

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  • IBJJF, 'Pan Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship 1999' results page.(opens in a new tab)

    • The IBJJF results for the 1999 Pan American Championship list Omar Salum, representing 'Rickson/Royler', in first place in the adult male brown belt light-feather division.

      Where in the source: Athletes results by category, 'ADULT / BROWN / MALE / LIGHT FEATHER', place 1

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  • IBJJF, 'World Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship 1999' results page.(opens in a new tab)

    • The IBJJF results for the 1999 World Championship list Omar Salum of Gracie Humaitá in first place in the adult male black belt rooster division, with Ralph Pires second.

      Where in the source: Athletes results by category, 'ADULT / BLACK / MALE / ROOSTER', places 1 and 2

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  • IBJJF, 'World Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship 2000' results page.(opens in a new tab)

    • The IBJJF results for the 2000 World Championship list Omar Salum of Gracie Humaitá in first place in the adult male black belt rooster division, with Marcelo Pereira of Nova União second.

      Where in the source: Athletes results by category, 'ADULT / BLACK / MALE / ROOSTER', places 1 and 2

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  • BJJ Heroes, '5 Generations of Roosterweight Royalty Colide at Worlds' (editorial, 2019).(opens in a new tab)

    • Previewing the 2019 Worlds, BJJ Heroes described Salum's style of two decades earlier as well rounded: unusually strong takedowns for a rooster-weight, a butterfly guard combined with collar-and-sleeve grips, and a forceful knee-slice pass.

      Where in the source: Section 'GENERATION 1 (1990s)', Omar Salum entry, second paragraph

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    • The 2019 BJJ Heroes preview placed Salum, listed for Gracie Humaitá, as the first generation of a rooster-weight field that also included ten-time champion Bruno Malfacine, and noted that as a former champion he did not need ranking points to enter.

      Where in the source: Introduction and section 'GENERATION 1 (1990s)', Omar Salum entry

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  • BJJ Heroes, 'Nabil Aziz (Master Nabil)' (fighter database profile), undated.(opens in a new tab)

    • BJJ Heroes says Salum took over the training of Nabil Lelis Abdel Aziz (Mestre Nabil) from his first coach and promoted him through every belt, including black belt in 2004; Nabil began helping with classes at Salum's gym from 2001, while a purple belt, and stayed affiliated with him after opening a gym of his own in December 2003.

      Where in the source: Nabil Aziz profile, introduction and biography paragraphs naming Salum ('all of his belts')

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    • According to the same profile, the partnership between Nabil and Salum lasted until September 2015, when Salum relocated to the United States and Nabil formed his own association, Nabil Jiu-Jitsu, in Manaus.

      Where in the source: Nabil Aziz profile, biography paragraph ('September 2015')

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    • BJJ Heroes credits Nabil's Manaus academy with working with athletes including Diego 'Pato' Oliveira, Hygor Brito, Alex Sodré and Diego Sodré.

      Where in the source: Nabil Aziz profile, introduction, list of athletes

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  • BJJ Heroes, 'Fabio Monteiro' (fighter database profile), undated.(opens in a new tab)

    • BJJ Heroes says the Monteiro brothers founded Associação Monteiro in Manaus on 25 January 1988 while still training at Gracie Humaitá, and names Omar Salum among the competitors the academy produced.

      Where in the source: Fábio Monteiro profile, introduction and biography paragraphs ('25th of January, 1988')

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  • BJJ Heroes, 'Kaua Gabriel Barbosa' (fighter database profile), undated.(opens in a new tab)

    • BJJ Heroes says Kauã Gabriel Barbosa, now a black belt under Melqui Galvão, began jiu-jitsu at Omar Salum's school and went through the kids' belt ranks there.

      Where in the source: Kauã Gabriel profile, early-life paragraphs ('Omar Salum’s school')

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  • IBJJF, 'Certified Black Belts' register (searched by name).(opens in a new tab)

    • The IBJJF certified black belt list includes Omar Antonio Lima Salum Junior as a black belt.

      Where in the source: Certified Black Belts, name search 'Salum': 'Name' and 'Graduation' columns of the single result row

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    • The IBJJF certified black belt list gives his grade as black belt, sixth degree.

      Where in the source: Certified Black Belts, name search 'Salum': 'Graduation' column, 'Black 6th degree'

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    • The IBJJF certified black belt list names Gracie Humaitá Hemet as Omar Salum's academy.

      Where in the source: Certified Black Belts, name search 'Salum': 'Academy' column

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  • BJJEE, 'Royler Gracie Promoted To 8th Degree BJJ Coral Belt by His Brother, Rorion Gracie', 4 May 2022.(opens in a new tab)

    • BJJEE reported in May 2022 that during a visit by Royler Gracie to Gracie Humaitá in Hemet, California, a promotion ceremony was held in which Salum received his sixth degree, and at which Rorion Gracie in turn promoted Royler.

      Where in the source: Article body, paragraph on Royler's visit to Hemet ('6th degree black belt')

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  • Gracie Humaitá Hemet, 'Instructors' (academy website on Gymdesk).(opens in a new tab)

    • The instructor page of Gracie Humaitá Hemet, an academy in Hemet, California, lists Omar Salum among its instructors.

      Where in the source: Page 'Instructors', instructor cards; contact footer (town)

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  • Gracie Humaitá Hemet, instructor bio 'Jonadab Urueta' (academy website on Gymdesk).(opens in a new tab)

    • The academy's instructor page for Jonadab Urueta describes him as a black belt under Omar Salum who helps coach at Gracie Humaitá Hemet.

      Where in the source: Instructor bio 'JONADAB URUETA', first paragraph

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  • IBJJF, 'Master International Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship 2005' results page.(opens in a new tab)

    • The IBJJF results for the 2005 International Master championship list Omar Salum of Gracie Humaitá first in the Master 1 male black belt featherweight division, ahead of his Gracie Humaitá teammate Marcos Norat.

      Where in the source: Athletes results by category, 'MASTER 1 / BLACK / MALE / FEATHER', places 1 and 2

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  • IBJJF, 'Master International Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship 2006' results page.(opens in a new tab)

    • The IBJJF results for the 2006 International Master championship list Omar Salum of Gracie Humaitá first in the Master 1 male black belt light-feather division.

      Where in the source: Athletes results by category, 'MASTER 1 / BLACK / MALE / LIGHT FEATHER', place 1

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  • IBJJF, 'Master International Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship 2007' results page.(opens in a new tab)

    • The IBJJF results for the 2007 International Master championship list Omar Salum of Gracie Humaitá first in the Master 1 male black belt light-feather division.

      Where in the source: Athletes results by category, 'MASTER 1 / BLACK / MALE / LIGHT FEATHER', place 1

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  • IBJJF, 'Master International Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship 2008' results page.(opens in a new tab)

    • The IBJJF results for the 2008 International Master championship list Omar Salum of Gracie Humaitá first in the Master 1 male black belt light-feather division, with Sebastian Lalli second.

      Where in the source: Athletes results by category, 'MASTER 1 / BLACK / MALE / LIGHT FEATHER', places 1 and 2

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  • IBJJF, 'Master International Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship 2009' results page.(opens in a new tab)

    • The IBJJF results for the 2009 International Master championship list Omar Salum of Gracie Humaitá first in the Master 1 male black belt light-feather division, with Felipe Costa of Brasa second.

      Where in the source: Athletes results by category, 'MASTER 1 / BLACK / MALE / LIGHT FEATHER', places 1 and 2

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  • IBJJF, 'Master International Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship 2011' results page.(opens in a new tab)

    • The IBJJF results for the 2011 International Master championship list Omar Antonio Lima Salum Jr of Gracie Humaitá first in the Master 2 male black belt featherweight division and among the third places in the Master 2 black belt open class.

      Where in the source: Athletes results by category, 'MASTER 2 / BLACK / MALE / FEATHER' place 1; 'MASTER 2 / BLACK / MALE / OPEN CLASS' place 3

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  • Graciemag, 'Fera da Cícero Costha e time de Omar Salum brilham no Manaus Open', 8 September 2014 (Portuguese).(opens in a new tab)

    • Graciemag reported that at the IBJJF Manaus Open on 6 September 2014 Salum won the Master 2 featherweight gold, and that his team, listed as Clube Omar Salum, finished first in the academy standings ahead of Gracie Barra and Associação Monteiro.

      Where in the source: Paragraph beginning 'Quem também vibrou muito'; academy results list

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  • Graciemag, 'Dicas de um peso-galo campeão mundial de Jiu-Jitsu, por Marcus Norat', 2 March 2022 (Portuguese).(opens in a new tab)

    • Marcus Norat, the 2002 adult rooster-weight world champion, told Graciemag that in the months before that title he trained daily under Royler and Rolker Gracie with partners including Megaton, Omar Salum and Saulo and Xande Ribeiro, in sessions he described as extremely hard.

      Where in the source: Norat's quoted recollection of 2002 ('parceiros de treino')

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  • IBJJF, 'World Master IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2016' results page.(opens in a new tab)

    • The IBJJF results for the 2016 World Master Championship list Omar Antonio Lima Salum Junior of Gracie Humaitá among the third places in the Master 3 male black belt open class.

      Where in the source: 'MALE / MASTER 3 / BLACK / OPEN CLASS', place 3

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  • IBJJF, 'World Master IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2017' results page.(opens in a new tab)

    • The IBJJF results for the 2017 World Master Championship list Omar Antonio Lima Salum Junior of Gracie Humaitá first in the Master 3 male black belt light-feather division, with Marcus Vinicius Barros Norat, also of Gracie Humaitá, second.

      Where in the source: 'MALE / MASTER 3 / BLACK / LIGHT FEATHER (141.60LB)', places 1 and 2

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  • IBJJF, 'World Master IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2018' results page.(opens in a new tab)

    • The IBJJF results for the 2018 World Master Championship list Marcus Vinicius Barros Norat first and Omar Antonio Lima Salum Junior second, both of Gracie Humaitá, in the Master 3 male black belt light-feather division.

      Where in the source: 'MALE / MASTER 3 / BLACK / LIGHT FEATHER (141.60LB)', places 1 and 2

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  • IBJJF, 'World Master IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2020' results page.(opens in a new tab)

    • The IBJJF results for the 2020 World Master Championship list Omar Antonio Lima Salum Junior of Gracie Humaitá Hemet first in the Master 3 male black belt light-feather division.

      Where in the source: 'MALE / MASTER 3 / BLACK / LIGHT FEATHER (141.60LB)', place 1

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  • IBJJF, 'World Master IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2021' results page.(opens in a new tab)

    • The IBJJF results for the 2021 World Master Championship list Marcus Vinicius Barros Norat first and Omar Antonio Lima Salum Junior second, both of Gracie Humaitá, in the Master 4 male black belt light-feather division.

      Where in the source: 'MALE / MASTER 4 / BLACK / LIGHT FEATHER (141.60LB)', places 1 and 2

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  • IBJJF, 'World Master IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2022' results page.(opens in a new tab)

    • The IBJJF results for the 2022 World Master Championship list Omar Antonio Lima Salum Junior first and Marcus Vinicius Barros Norat second, both of Gracie Humaitá, in the Master 4 male black belt light-feather division.

      Where in the source: 'MALE / MASTER 4 / BLACK / LIGHT FEATHER (141.60LB)', places 1 and 2

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

    • The IBJJF results for the 2026 World Master Championship list Omar Antonio Lima Salum Junior of Gracie Humaitá second in the Master 5 male black belt light-feather division and among the third places in the Master 5 black belt open class.

      Where in the source: 'MALE / MASTER 5 / BLACK / LIGHT FEATHER (141.60LB)' place 2; 'MALE / MASTER 5 / BLACK / OPEN CLASS' place 3

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  • IBJJF, 'European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2026' results page.(opens in a new tab)

    • The IBJJF results for the 2026 European Championship list Omar Antonio Lima Salum Junior of Gracie Humaitá Hemet first in both the Master 5 male black belt light-feather division and the Master 5 black belt open class.

      Where in the source: 'MALE / MASTER 5 / BLACK / LIGHT FEATHER (64.00KG)' and 'MALE / MASTER 5 / BLACK / OPEN CLASS', place 1

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

    • The IBJJF results for the 2026 Pan American Championship list Omar Antonio Lima Salum Junior of Gracie Humaitá first in the Master 5 male black belt light-feather division and among the third places in the Master 5 black belt open class.

      Where in the source: 'MALE / MASTER 5 / BLACK / LIGHT FEATHER (141.60LB)' place 1; 'MALE / MASTER 5 / BLACK / OPEN CLASS' place 3

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  • 40 & Fighting podcast, 'Episode 134 | Professor Omar Salum’s INSANE Run Through the Masters Division', PodServe, 25 May 2026.(opens in a new tab)

    • In May 2026 the hosts of the 40 & Fighting podcast, who describe Salum as their professor, said he was preparing to enter the adult division of the IBJJF World Championship.

      Where in the source: Episode 134 notes, 'About this episode' (dated May 25, 2026)

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