Chloé McNally

Chloé McNally is an American competitor of Brazilian jiu-jitsu. A No-Gi World Champion, IBJJF Pan American Champion and Brazilian National Champion in colored belts, McNally is a two-time World Jiu-Jitsu Championship and Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship black belt medallist.[3]

Chloé McNally
BornSan Francisco, US[1]
DivisionGI Weight Classes
  • Middleweight (−69 kg)
  • Medium Heavy (−74 kg)[2]

No-GI Weight Classes

  • Middleweight (− 66.5 kg)
  • Medium Heavy (− 71.5 kg)
StyleBrazilian Jiu-Jitsu
TeamUnity Jiu Jitsu
TrainerMurilo Santana
RankBJJ black belt
Medal record
Representing  United States
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
World Championship[3]
Bronze medal – third place 2022 California, USA − 69 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 California, USA − 74 kg
Pan-American Championship[4]
Silver medal – second place 2022 Florida, USA −69 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Florida, USA −74 kg
Brazilian Nationals Championship
Silver medal – second place 2022 São Paulo, Brazil − 69 kg

Career

Chloé Michele McNally was born in San Francisco. In her youth she competed in Eventing, a horse riding events, reaching the AAU Junior Olympic Games. In 2014 she discovered Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) at a local martial arts school and then moved to Clockwork BJJ under 3rd Degree Black belt Josh Griffiths, where she earned her blue belt and started competing.[1]

In 2016, she joined Unity Jiu Jitsu under former world champion Murilo Santana.[5] The following year she became the 2017 No-Gi World Champion at blue belt, also earning a bronze in her weight division and silver in absolute at the Gi World Championship. She was also selected to compete at the UAEJJF World Pro Championship.[6]

In 2018, as a purple belt, she won the IBJJF Brazilian National Championship and bronze at Pans. In 2019, still at purple belt, she became Pan Champion and won double silver at the World Championship. After receiving her brown belt, she won bronze at the No-Gi World Championship and silver at the Pan Championship (default gold in weight division). In August 2020, she competed at Subversiv 3, a grappling team tournament, gaining her first win against Pamela Boveda but losing to Kendall Reusing by head and arm choke, to Jena Bishop by armbar and to Bailey Luttrell by decision.[7]

On May 22, 2021, McNally received her black belt from Santana. Competing for the first time as a black belt she earned a bronze in her weight division and a silver in absolute at the IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Con in Las Vegas.[8] McNally then gained a default bronze at the 2021 Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship (losing to Ana Carolina Vieira) and a default bronze at the 2021 World Championship (losing to Elisabeth Clay). In 2022, she won gold at the Charleston Open,[9] then won silver at the 2022 Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship[1][10] against Thamara Ferreira after losing by a penalty, silver at the Brazilian National Championship[11] and bronze at the 2022 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship.[12]

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitive summary

Main Achievements (Black Belt)[1]

Main Achievements (Coloured Belts)[15]

Instructor lineage

Rickson Gracie > Marcelo Behring > Mario Yamasaki > Murilo Santana > Chloé McNally[1]

Notes
  1. Weight and absolute
  2. Absolute

References
  1. "Chloé McNally". BJJ Heroes. 2022-04-23.
  2. "Unity Black Belt Chloe McNally Looking To Shake Things Up at Medium-Heavy". FloGrappling. 2021-12-02.
  3. "Athlete Results". IBJJF. 1999-02-22.
  4. "Pans 2021 Adult Female Black Belt Results". Jiu-Jitsu Times. 2021-09-09.
  5. Piazza, Rachel (2017-05-10). "Is there a gender confidence gap in sports?". ESPN.com.
  6. "USA Athletes Will Be Able To Represent Country At UAEJJF World Championship". Bjj Eastern Europe. 2017-03-30.
  7. "Subversiv 3 Full Results: Gracie Barra Takes Home The Big Win Against Unity". Jiu-Jitsu Times. 2020-08-29.
  8. "Jiu-Jitsu CON Results, Doederlein Dominates Stacked Featherweight Div Gimenis Earns Double Gold". BJJ Heroes. 2021-11-14.
  9. "IBJJF". International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.
  10. Stockton, Corey (2022-04-10). "Live Updates & Results - 2022 IBJJF Pans Finals". FloGrappling.
  11. "International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation -". International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.
  12. "World IBJJF Jiu-jitsu Championship 2022 results". IBJJF.
  13. "Pan IBJJF jiu-jitsu championship 2022". IBJJF.
  14. "World IBJJF jiu-jitsu championship 2021". IBJJF.
  15. "About Unity". Unity Jiu-Jitsu School. 2021-06-08.
  16. "European IBJJF jiu-jitsu No-Gi championship 2019". IBJJF.
  17. "Pan IBJJF jiu-jitsu championship 2019". IBJJF.
  18. "Pan IBJJF jiu-jitsu championship 2020". IBJJF.
  19. "Campeonato Brasileiro de jiu-jitsu sem kimono 2018". IBJJF.
  20. "World IBJJF jiu-jitsu championship 2017". IBJJF.
  21. "Pan IBJJF jiu-jitsu championship 2017". IBJJF.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.