Skip to content
The BJJ Story
Search
Back to people
Two training partners meeting on the mat.Drawn in cream, forest green, and muted terracotta. People and objects are symbolic illustrations.
Portrait unavailable. General BJJ illustration; not a likeness of this person.Illustration: The BJJ Story

Rose-Marie el Sharouni

Rose-Marie el Sharouni is a Dutch Checkmat black belt and Amsterdam coach who founded Jiu Jitsu Queenz in 2017.

Biography

Rose-Marie el Sharouni is a Dutch Checkmat competitor and first-degree black belt under Leo Vieira who coaches at Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy Amsterdam and founded Jiu Jitsu Queenz. The tournament results in this profile draw chiefly on the IBJJF's event records. El Sharouni has traced her route into Brazilian jiu-jitsu through judo and Japanese jiu-jitsu: a Brazilian jiu-jitsu seminar at her gym drew her toward the sport, and she eventually left Japanese jiu-jitsu to concentrate on it. Recalling a Dutch national championship in 2008, she said she had just one match because only two white-belt women were competing. That early field is her recollection, rather than a documented entry list. By 2015, she had won the adult featherweight division at the European Championship as a blue belt, representing Jiu Jitsu Factory. She took third in the adult light-featherweight division at the 2018 World Championship as a brown belt and won the European title at that belt level in 2019, now representing Checkmat. At black belt, El Sharouni finished third in the adult light-featherweight division at the World Championships in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2025. She was second in the same division at the 2023 Pan Championship. In November 2022, she received the European player award at the Abu Dhabi World Jiu-Jitsu Awards, a separate competition circuit from the IBJJF events. Her later results span different formats and age divisions: first in the Master 1 featherweight division at the 2025 European No-Gi Championship, third in the adult light-featherweight division at the 2026 European Championship, second in Master 1 featherweight at the 2026 World Master Championship, and first in adult featherweight at the 2026 Madrid No-Gi International Open. At the Amsterdam academy, El Sharouni started its Women Only program and teaches those classes alongside advanced classes. She says she began Jiu Jitsu Queenz in 2017 because she wanted more women to train with; the project later held recurring women's camps. In 2022, she took a year away from her work as a medical doctor to focus on training, competition and teaching jiu-jitsu. In a 2025 article she wrote for Jits Magazine, she argued that jiu-jitsu training and real-world self-defense overlap without being the same thing, and emphasized sustained practice under pressure.

Sources for this profile

  • BJJ Heroes, 'Rose El Sharouni,' fighter profile(opens in a new tab)

    • Rose-Marie el Sharouni is identified as a Dutch Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitor associated with Checkmat and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy Amsterdam.

      Where in the source: Rose El Sharouni Jiu-Jitsu > Full Name: Rose-Marie el Sharouni; opening paragraph identifies her as Dutch and names Checkmat and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy Amsterdam.

      Accessed:

    • BJJ Heroes reports that Leonardo Vieira promoted El Sharouni to black belt on 14 July 2019.

      Where in the source: Rose El Sharouni Biography > paragraph beginning 'Rose’s hard work led to her black belt promotion' and naming Leonardo Vieira and 14 July 2019.

      Accessed:

  • Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy Amsterdam, 'Rose,' coach biography(opens in a new tab)

    • Her academy identifies Rose as a first-degree Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Leo Vieira.

      Where in the source: Coaches > Rose: 'First degree black belt under Professor Leo Vieira'; Belt and Under fields repeat the grade and teacher.

      Accessed:

    • Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy Amsterdam currently lists Rose as a first-degree black belt.

      Where in the source: Coaches > Rose > Belt: 'Black belt, first degree'.

      Accessed:

    • At Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy Amsterdam, Rose started its Women Only program and teaches both that program and advanced classes.

      Where in the source: Coaches > Rose > About: 'Rose started the Women Only programme at BJJAA'; profile fields list Advanced and Women Only teaching.

      Accessed:

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

    • The IBJJF's 2026 European Championship result lists Rose-Marie El Sharouni competing for CheckMat.

      Where in the source: Results > Female / Adult / Black / Light Feather (53.50kg): the Rose-Marie El Sharouni entry is marked CheckMat and placed third, within the complete four-name division block.

      Accessed:

    • In 2026 she took a bronze place at the European Championship in the adult women's black-belt light-featherweight division.

      Where in the source: Results > Female / Adult / Black / Light Feather (53.50kg): Ashlee Funegra first, Josefine Beatrice Modig second, Eonju Im and Rose-Marie El Sharouni third.

      Accessed:

  • Brianna Battles, Practice Brave Podcast #192, interview with Rose El-Sharouni, transcript(opens in a new tab)

    • El Sharouni said that she practiced judo and then Japanese jiu-jitsu before a Brazilian jiu-jitsu seminar at her gym drew her into BJJ; she subsequently left Japanese jiu-jitsu to focus on BJJ.

      Where in the source: Practice Brave Podcast #192 > auto-generated transcript, Rose's turns at 03:05 and 03:33, describing the BJJ seminar and her earlier judo/Japanese jiu-jitsu training.

      Accessed:

  • Rose El Sharouni, 'Why i started jiu jitsu queenz,' Jiu Jitsu Queenz, 17 May 2026(opens in a new tab)

    • In her account of the early Dutch women's BJJ scene, Rose recalled having a single match at a Dutch national championship in 2008 because only two white-belt women were competing.

      Where in the source: Why i started jiu jitsu queenz > About Me: Rose's first-person passage about the 2008 Dutch National Championship and its two-woman white-belt field.

      Accessed:

    • Rose says she started Jiu Jitsu Queenz in 2017 because she wanted more women to train with; it later developed into recurring women's camps.

      Where in the source: Why i started jiu jitsu queenz > About Me: 'when I started Jiu Jitsu Queenz in 2017' and her explanation of wanting more girls to train with and still running camps.

      Accessed:

  • IBJJF, European Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2015, official results(opens in a new tab)

    • The IBJJF's 2015 European Championship results place Rose-Marie El Sharouni first in the adult women's blue-belt featherweight division, representing Jiu Jitsu Factory.

      Where in the source: Results (marked Partial result) > Female / Adult / Blue / Feather (58.50kg): 1 Rose-Marie El Sharouni, Jiu Jitsu Factory; followed by Krista Marika Latvala in second and two third-place names.

      Accessed:

  • IBJJF, European Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2019, official results(opens in a new tab)

    • The 2019 IBJJF European Championship results place her first in the adult women's brown-belt light-featherweight division for CheckMat.

      Where in the source: Results > Female / Adult / Brown / Light Feather (53.50kg): 1 Rose-Marie El Sharouni, CheckMat; the full block also lists Dimitra Mindrinou second and two third-place names.

      Accessed:

  • IBJJF, World Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2018, official results(opens in a new tab)

    • Before her black-belt promotion, she placed third in the 2018 IBJJF World Championship adult women's brown-belt light-featherweight division.

      Where in the source: Results > Female / Adult / Brown / Light Feather (118.00lb): Larissa Campos Carvalho first, Mayssa Caldas Pereira Bastos second, Kaisa Helena Yli-Paunu and Rose-Marie El Sharouni third.

      Accessed:

  • Rose El Sharouni, personal page at Jiu Jitsu Queenz(opens in a new tab)

    • Rose says she left her job as a medical doctor in 2022 for a one-year period focused on jiu-jitsu training, competition, and teaching.

      Where in the source: Rose el Sharouni > Here's a story: first-person paragraph beginning 'In 2022 I decided' and explaining that the full-time jiu-jitsu experiment became a gap year.

      Accessed:

  • IBJJF, World Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2021, official results(opens in a new tab)

    • Rose-Marie El Sharouni appears in third place in the 2021 IBJJF World Championship adult women's black-belt light-featherweight results.

      Where in the source: Results > Female / Adult / Black / Light Feather (118.00lb): Ana Cristina Araujo Rodrigues first, Tammi Alana Musumeci second, Jessamine Jada Kaina and Rose-Marie El Sharouni third.

      Accessed:

  • IBJJF, European Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2020, official results(opens in a new tab)

    • The IBJJF lists El Sharouni third at the 2020 European Championship in the adult women's black-belt light-featherweight division.

      Where in the source: Results > Female / Adult / Black / Light Feather (53.50kg): Ana Cristina Araujo Rodrigues first, Ana Talita de Oliveira Alencar second, Naiomi Anaiansi Matthews Martín and Rose-Marie El Sharouni third.

      Accessed:

  • IBJJF, World Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2022, official results(opens in a new tab)

    • The 2022 IBJJF World Championship lists her third in the adult women's black-belt light-featherweight division.

      Where in the source: Results > Female / Adult / Black / Light Feather (118.00lb): Ana Cristina Araujo Rodrigues first, Tammi Alana Musumeci second, Rose-Marie El Sharouni and Thamires Diógenes de Aquino third.

      Accessed:

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

    • The 2023 IBJJF World Championship lists her third in the adult women's black-belt light-featherweight division.

      Where in the source: Results > Female / Adult / Black / Light Feather (118.00lb): Jessamine Jada Kaina first, Thamires Diógenes de Aquino second, Jessica Caroline Coelho Dantas and Rose-Marie El Sharouni third.

      Accessed:

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

    • The 2025 IBJJF World Championship lists her third in the adult women's black-belt light-featherweight division.

      Where in the source: Results > Female / Adult / Black / Light Feather (118.00lb): Mia Funegra first, Andressa Nogueira Tolentino Guirau second, Jessica Caroline Coelho Dantas and Rose-Marie El Sharouni third.

      Accessed:

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

    • At the 2023 IBJJF Pan Championship, El Sharouni placed second in the adult women's black-belt light-featherweight division.

      Where in the source: Results > Female / Adult / Black / Light Feather (118.00lb): Mayssa Caldas Pereira Bastos first, Rose-Marie El Sharouni second, Amanda Elouise Alequin and Thamires Diógenes de Aquino third.

      Accessed:

  • Abu Dhabi Media Office, 'Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Honours Emirati and Global Jiu-Jitsu Athletes During Awards,' 19 November 2022(opens in a new tab)

    • At the Abu Dhabi World Jiu-Jitsu Awards in November 2022, Rose El Sharouni received the award for the European player category.

      Where in the source: 19 November 2022 > The Awards: paragraph naming Rose El Sharouni as the award recipient representing Europe, among the regional player categories.

      Accessed:

  • IBJJF, European Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2022, official results(opens in a new tab)

    • She took second place at the 2022 IBJJF European Championship in the adult women's black-belt light-featherweight division.

      Where in the source: Results > Female / Adult / Black / Light Feather (53.50kg): Mayssa Caldas Pereira Bastos first, Rose-Marie El Sharouni second, Maria Eduarda Tozoni Ono and Naiomi Anaiansi Matthews Martín third.

      Accessed:

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

    • She placed third at the 2023 IBJJF European Championship in the adult women's black-belt light-featherweight division.

      Where in the source: Results > Female / Adult / Black / Light Feather (53.50kg): Mayssa Caldas Pereira Bastos first, Brenda Larissa Alves da Silva second, Naiomi Anaiansi Matthews Martín and Rose-Marie El Sharouni third.

      Accessed:

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

    • She placed third at the 2024 IBJJF European Championship in the adult women's black-belt light-featherweight division.

      Where in the source: Results > Female / Adult / Black / Light Feather (53.50kg): Jessica Caroline Coelho Dantas first, Mayssa Caldas Pereira Bastos second, Diana Thais de Souza Teixeira and Rose-Marie El Sharouni third.

      Accessed:

  • IBJJF, '2023 European Jiu-Jitsu Championships Submission Study,' adult female black-belt light-featherweight results(opens in a new tab)

    • In the 2023 European Championship light-featherweight bracket, she submitted Raquel Ferreira with a bow-and-arrow choke in a quarterfinal before Brenda Larissa submitted her in a semifinal.

      Where in the source: Adult Female Black Belt > Light feather - 5 Matches: quarterfinal line for Rose-Marie El Sharouni v Raquel Ferreira and semifinal line for Brenda Larissa v Rose-Marie El Sharouni.

      Accessed:

  • IBJJF, European Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2025, official results(opens in a new tab)

    • The IBJJF lists her first in the 2025 European No-Gi Championship women's Master 1 black-belt featherweight division.

      Where in the source: Results > Female / Master 1 / Black / Feather (56.50kg): Rose-Marie El Sharouni first, Dimitra Mindrinou second, Francesca Renda and Liliane dos Reis Lima Damasceno third.

      Accessed:

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

    • The 2026 World Master Championship lists El Sharouni second in the women's Master 1 black-belt featherweight division.

      Where in the source: Results > Female / Master 1 / Black / Feather (129.00lb): Nathalie Wan Soares Veras Ribeiro first, Rose-Marie El Sharouni second, Christine Anne Martin and Giuliany Síngred Oliveira Perea third.

      Accessed:

  • IBJJF, Madrid International Open No-Gi Championship 2026, official results(opens in a new tab)

    • The 2026 Madrid No-Gi International Open lists her first in the adult women's black-belt featherweight division.

      Where in the source: Results > Female / Adult / Black / Feather (56.50kg): Rose-Marie El Sharouni first, Francesca Lana second, Michell Alejandra Sanchez Bracho third.

      Accessed:

  • Rose El Sharouni, 'Self-Defense Myths: What Jiu-Jitsu REALLY Teaches Women,' Jits Magazine, 17 October 2025(opens in a new tab)

    • In a 2025 article she authored for Jits Magazine, El Sharouni argued that jiu-jitsu training and real-world self-defense overlap but are different, and emphasized sustained practice and pressure-tested learning.

      Where in the source: Self-Defense Myths: What Jiu-Jitsu REALLY Teaches Women > by Rose El Sharouni, 17 October 2025; opening paragraphs distinguish training from self-defense and discuss repetition.

      Accessed:

Lineage

View in lineage tree

Trained under