Maxine Thylin

Career Emilie Maxine M. H. Thylin was born on 5 June 1991, in Sweden, when she was 10 years old she started training and competing in Japanese jujutsu, at sixteen she added Brazilian jiu-jitsu to her practice. From 2010 she began travelling to California to train with Leticia Ribeiro a few months at time, then in 2015 moved from Sweden to San Diego joining Gracie Southbay Jiu-Jitsu. Thylin won medals in all the major tournaments, as a brown belt she won the 2015 World Championship receiving her black belt from Ribeiro that year as a consequence, followed by a win at the SJJIF World Championship. In 2017 she won the world championship as a black belt, while studying psychology, she is the second swede to win the world championship after Janni Larsson.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitive summary Main Achievements at black belt level: IBJJF World Champion (2017) 2 x UAEJJF Grand Slam winner, Los Angeles (2016 / 2015) 2nd place IBJJF Pan Championship (2017) 2nd place IBJJF European Open (2017) 3rd place IBJJF No-Gi World Championship (2015) 3rd place IBJJF European Open (2018) 3rd place IBJJF Pan Championship (2018)

Main Achievements (Coloured Belts):

IBJJF World Champion (2015 brown) IBJJF World Champion NoGi (2014 brown) 2 x Pan American Champion (2011 / 2012 purple) European Champion (2014 brown) 2nd place IBJJF World Championship (2010 purple) 2nd place Pan American Championship (2013 purple) 2nd place IBJJF European Open (2012 / 2013 purple) 3rd place IBJJF World Championship (2009 blue) 3rd place IBJJF Pan Championship (2014 / 2015 brown) 3rd place IBJJF European Open (2011 purple)

Instructor lineage Carlos Gracie > Helio Gracie > Royler Gracie > Vini Aieta > Letícia Ribeiro > Maxine Thylin