Lucas Dos Santos Pinheiro

Lucas Dos Santos Pinheiro, known as, Lucas Pinheiro (born 11 February 1994 in Manaus, Amazon, Brazil) is a black belt Brazilian Jiu Jitsu athlete who competes professionally for the Atos Jiu Jitsu Team in the United States. Pinheiro is a 2023 World Jiu-Jitsu Champion.

Career
Lucas Pinheiro is a 1st degree black belt student under BJJ legend André Galvão in San Diego, California. Pinheiro is also a former student of Faustino Neto (Mestre Pina) and Cícero Costha. He has earned important medals at the Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championship as well as World Jiu-Jitsu Championship  and is currently one of the top competitors in the Rooster and Light-featherweight divisions. In 2019, Pinheiro was ranked #9 over all weights by IBJJF in the No-Gi category.

Pinheiro won his first IBJJF No Gi World Championship in 2022, and his first IBJJF World Championship in 2023. At the end of 2023, he announced his decision to become a coach alongside Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza at Jacare Martial Arts.

Instructor lineage
Mitsuyo Maeda → Carlos Gracie, Sr. → Osvaldo Alves → Faustino Neto → Carlos Holanda → Lucas Pinheiro

Grappling

 * 2014
 * IBJJF Rio International Open
 * 2015
 * CBJJ Brazilian Nationals
 * UAEJJF Brazil National Pro
 * IBJJF Austin International Open
 * IBJJF World Championship
 * IBJJF Dallas International Open No-Gi
 * IBJJF Austin International Open (absolute)
 * 2016
 * IBJJF San Antonio International Open
 * IBJJF Pan American Championship
 * 2017
 * IBJJF American Nationals
 * IBJJF American Nationals No-Gi
 * IBJJF Austin International Open
 * IBJJF Miami International Open No-Gi
 * IBJJF Atlanta International Open
 * IBJJF Dallas International Open
 * IBJJF Dallas International Open No-Gi
 * IBJJF Miami International Open
 * IBJJF World Championship No-Gi
 * IBJJF Pan American Championship
 * IBJJF World Championship
 * IBJJF Dallas International Open (absolute)
 * IBJJF Austin International Open (absolute)
 * IBJJF Austin International Open No-Gi (absolute)
 * 2018
 * IBJJF American Nationals
 * IBJJF American Nationals No-Gi
 * SJJIF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
 * SJJIF World Championship No-Gi
 * ACBJJ North American Championship
 * ACBJJ Worlds Jiu Jitsu
 * IBJJF Pan American Championship
 * 2019
 * IBJJF Pan American No-Gi
 * IBJJF American Nationals No-Gi
 * IBJJF Las Vegas International Open
 * IBJJF Las Vegas International Open No-Gi
 * IBJJF Austin International Open
 * IBJJF Austin International Open No-Gi
 * IBJJF Houston International Open
 * F2W Featherweight
 * IBJJF American Nationals
 * 2020
 * IBJJF Houston International Open
 * IBJJF Pan American Championship


 * 2022
 * IBJJF World Championship No-Gi
 * CBJJ Brazilian Nationals No-Gi
 * 2023
 * IBJJF World Championship
 * CBJJ Brazilian Nationals