Annie Ramirez
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| Annie Ramirez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Ramirez at the 2022 Asian Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 25, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Filipino | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Style | Japanese and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Clube de Jiu Jitsu Filipinas[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teacher | John Baylon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| University | University of Santo Tomas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Annie Ramirez (born November 25, 1990)[2] is a Filipino Ju jitsu practitioner. She also competes in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
Ramirez attended the University of Santo Tomas 2009-2014 (undergrad) .[3]
Career
Ramirez was originally a swimmer,[4] before taking up judo while at university.[5] She would later learn jujitsu from judoka and Southeast Asian Games multi-medalist John Baylon.[4]
Ramirez would represent the Philippines in international competitions. She was a gold medalist for the Philippines at the 2014 Asian Beach Games.[6]
She won a gold medal at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Turkmenistan in the women's -55kg.[7]
She competed in the 2018 Asian Games in the women's -62 kg, a heavier class than her usual -55kg. She was eliminated in the Round of 16.[3]
Ramirez is a three-time Southeast Asian (SEA) Games gold medalist.[8] At the 2021 SEA Games in Vietnam in May 2022, she would compete in a higher weight class at -62kg since her previous event was scrapped.[4] She still won the gold.[9] She followed it with a third gold medal at the 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia in the women's -57kg.[6]
In October 2023 at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Ramirez would win her first Asian Games gold medal by ruling the women's -57kg.[8]
