Thomas Johannessen
Frontline Academy competitor promoted to black belt after a medal-filled 2013 brown-belt season, who later met André Galvão and Leandro Lo at the Europeans.
Biography
Sources for this profile
Frontline Academy Oslo, 'Intervju med Teta' page with results sidebar, Wayback Machine capture of 15 February 2011.(opens in a new tab)
Frontline Academy Oslo's results feed, as archived in February 2011, listed a gold medal for Thomas Johannessen in the purple-belt under-100 kg division at the Swedish Open BJJ.
Where in the source: Sidebar 'Nyeste resultater', block headed 'Swedish Open BJJ', gold entry for Thomas Johannessen: 'BJJ, Lilla, -100,'
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Frontline Academy Oslo, 'Årsrapport for BJJ 2013 – Ett utrolig år!', Wayback Machine capture of 13 August 2014.(opens in a new tab)
Frontline Academy's review of its 2013 BJJ season credits Johannessen, competing at brown belt, with bronze at the European Open, silver at the Pan Ams, bronze in his weight class and silver in the open class at the Rome International Open, and weight-class gold at both the Abu Dhabi Pro Trials in Warsaw and the Swedish Open.
Where in the source: Season review, paragraph on Thomas Johannessen, list of 2013 results ending 'Alt i brunbelteklassen'
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According to the same 2013 season review, these brown-belt results led to his promotion to black belt in December 2013.
Where in the source: Same paragraph on Thomas Johannessen, closing sentence: 'gradering til svart belte nå i desember'
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Johannessen competed for Frontline Academy in Oslo, whose 2013 BJJ season review presents him among the academy's competitors.
Where in the source: Page title 'Årsrapport for BJJ 2013' and the review's paragraph on Thomas Johannessen
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Frontline Academy Oslo, 'From PanAM and WorldPro with love!', Wayback Machine capture of 16 August 2013.(opens in a new tab)
At the Pan Ams in California, competing at brown belt under 94.3 kg, Johannessen won his first match against the previous year's purple-belt world champion with a sweep, won his second with a gi choke, took the semi-final on advantages and lost the final on points, finishing with silver.
Where in the source: Article paragraph on Thomas's Pan Am run, 'vant Thomas på en flipp'; sidebar block 'Pan Am BJJ', silver 'BJJ, Brown, -94,3'
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According to the academy's report, Johannessen said he was very tired after three hard matches when he met a strong wrestler in the Pan Am final.
Where in the source: Same paragraph, the final: 'Thomas sa selv at han da var veldig sliten'
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The academy presented the Pan Ams as a test in an even bigger competition, coming after his brown-belt under-94.3 kg gold at the Swedish Open and his bronze at the European Open.
Where in the source: Paragraph introducing Thomas's Pan Am trip, 'gull i brunbelte -94,3'
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Frontline Academy Oslo, 'Instruktør profiler' page with results sidebar, Wayback Machine capture of 9 January 2016.(opens in a new tab)
Frontline Academy's results feed, as archived in January 2016, listed Johannessen as a black belt with gold medals in the under-100 kg division and in the open class at the Swedish Open 2015.
Where in the source: Sidebar 'Nyeste resultater', block 'Swedish Open 2015', two gold entries for Thomas Johannessen, first 'BJJ, Svartbelte, -100,'
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The same January 2016 results feed listed a black-belt ultra-heavyweight gold and a black-belt open-class bronze for Johannessen at the London Fall International Open.
Where in the source: Sidebar, block 'London Fall International Open', gold entry 'BJJ, Svartbelte, Ultra' and bronze entry in the open class
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The same January 2016 results feed listed black-belt gold medals for Johannessen in the open class and the super-heavyweight division at the Nice International Open (IBJJF).
Where in the source: Sidebar, block 'Nice International Open (IBJJF)', gold entries including 'BJJ, Svartbelte, Super'
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Frontline Academy Oslo, 'Våre instruktører' page with results sidebar, Wayback Machine capture of 22 August 2016.(opens in a new tab)
Frontline Academy's results feed, as archived in August 2016, listed a black-belt ultra-heavyweight bronze for Johannessen at the American National IBJJF Championship.
Where in the source: Sidebar 'Nyeste resultater', block 'American National IBJJF Championship', bronze 'BJJ, Svartbelte, Ultra'
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The same August 2016 results feed listed a black-belt super-heavyweight gold and a black-belt open-class silver for Johannessen at the Nordic BJJ Open.
Where in the source: Sidebar, block 'Nordic BJJ Open', gold 'BJJ, Svartbelte, Super' and silver in the open class
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Digitsu, athlete page 'Thomas Johannessen' (match database).(opens in a new tab)
Digitsu records a loss for Thomas Johannessen by footlock to Alexander Trans in the absolute division of the 2014 IBJJF European Championship.
Where in the source: Match table, row for Alexander Trans: 'Footlock', 2014 IBJJF European Championship, Absolute Division
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Digitsu lists two matches for him at the 2015 IBJJF London Fall Open on 15 October 2015: a win in the ultra-heavyweight division and a points loss in the absolute division.
Where in the source: Match table, two rows dated Oct 15, 2015 for '2015 IBJJF London Fall Open'
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At the 2017 IBJJF European Championship, Johannessen lost to Leandro Lo on points in the absolute division.
Where in the source: Thomas' Matchup History, Leandro Lo row; columns Opponent, W/L, Method, Event and Weight show Lo, loss, points, 2017 European Championship and Absolute Division.
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At the 2015 IBJJF European Open, Johannessen lost to André Galvão by armbar.
Where in the source: Thomas' Matchup History, André Galvão row; columns Opponent, W/L, Method and Event show Galvão, loss, armbar and the 2015 European Open; Weight is blank.
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