Amal Amjahid
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| Native name | أمل مجاهد | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 October 1995[1] Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (Ne-waza) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | -55 kg, −57 kg, −63 kg, −70 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CENS Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Pat Academy BJJ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Khalid Houry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Amal Amjahid (Arabic: أمل مجاهد, born 28 October 1995) is a Belgian ground grappler who represents her home country Belgium in Sport Jujitsu (JJIF), discipline Ne-waza and different professional teams (fighting clubs) in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (IBJJF, UAEJJF).
She began with sport jujitsu at age of 7 in Brussels. After initially trying karate, judo, taekwondo, and boxing, which “did not help her against larger opponents” at school. Two months after her first BJJ class, she began competing in both girls’ and boys’ divisions, sometimes having “8–9 matches per tournament” even as a child.[2]
At age 11 (in 2006), Amal completed a rigorous two-year preparatory bicycle tour of approximately 3 200 km from Belgium to Morocco—cycling 50 km daily to school and training sessions—as part of a family challenge under her coach's guidance.[2]
Her family is originally from Morocco.[3] She is practising ground variant of ju-jitsu – Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at CENS Academy under supervision of her personal coach and stepfather Khalid Houry.[4] She is winner of World Games in Wrocław from 2017 and five times individual world champion (JJIF) – 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 in discipline Ne-waza (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu).
She is also participate at pro level tournaments which many times use title World (European) Championships but are regulated by private profite sport bodies – IBJJF or UAEJJF. She gained black belt in 2019. As black belt she is winner of European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship in 2019 as member of pro team Pat Academy BJJ.[5][6][7]
Black belt career
Amjahid was promoted to black belt by her coach (and future stepfather) Khalid Houry on June 30, 2018.[2]
In early 2019, she claimed her first major black-belt title by winning the European IBJJF Open featherweight,[8][9] and in 2020 secured her second European black-belt gold.[10]
She holds a competitive 2–2 record with Amanda Monteiro in brown/black matches and earned a submission victory over Monteiro in the 2018 Abu Dhabi Pro final—a rare mixed brown/black division.[11]
Unfortunately, immigration issues in the USA (June 2018) disqualified her coach from entry, forcing Amal to withdraw from the 2018 IBJJF World Championship as a brown belt, stating that competing without him was “unthinkable”.[12]
She continues to compete actively in both **IBJJF and UAEJJF** circuits, including Grand Slam events and the World Pro, with notable recent activity.[2]
Results
| World Games (IWGA + JJIF) | ||||
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| Year | Place | Medal | Discipline | Category |
| 2017 | Wrocław, Poland |  Gold | Ne-waza | −55 kg |
| 2017 | Wrocław, Poland | Gold | Ne-waza | open |
| Ju-Jitsu World Championships (JJIF) | ||||
| 2014 | Paris, France |  Silver | Ne-waza | −63 kg |
| 2015 | Bangkok, Thailand | Gold | Ne-waza | −63 kg |
| 2016 | Wrocław, Poland | Gold | Ne-waza | −55 kg |
| 2017 | Bogotá, Colombia | Gold | Ne-waza | −70 kg |
| 2018 | Malmö, Sweden | Gold | Ne-waza | −55 kg |
| 2019 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | Gold | Ne-waza | −57 kg |
| Ju-Jitsu European Championships (JJEU + JJIF) | ||||
| 2015 | Almere, Netherlands | Gold | Ne-waza | −63 kg |
| 2018 | Gliwice, Poland | Gold | Ne-waza | −70 kg |
| 2019 | Bucharest, Romania | Gold | Ne-waza | |
