Aurelie Le Vern - Top Black Belt Fighter

Aurelie Le Vern is a top Black belt Champion in Medium heavyweight under Tyrone Gonsalves and is associated with the Six Blades Team. She started her career in Jiu-Jitsu in 2017 and after that, she won numerous gold, silver, and bronze medals in the IBJJF World, IBJJF Pan, European Open, and many other international BJJ tournaments .

Aurelie Le Vern was born in the Aix-en Province on the south side of France on the 12th of July 1991. Since she was a little child she was best at sports. A few favorite sports of her childhood are mountain hiking, roller skating, rock climbing, skiing, motorbiking, mountain biking, and so more. She mostly loved outdoor sports.

Aurelie Le Vern spent most of her years in sports. Because of her love for sports, she opted for physical education for her studies. In 2016, she completed her degree and moved to French Guiana. She got a job as a sports teacher in one of the best French Public Schools. After that, she stayed in the French Guiana and continued her job and profession in Jiu-Jitsu.

As Aurelie Le Vern moved to another city for a job, she found plenty of free time. To utilize this time in the most productive way she decides to take classes of judo in a martial arts school near her place. She practiced Judo for almost a year under Tyrone Gonsalves. But after a year she found herself interested in Jiu-Jitsu as well so she took a class in September 2017.

Aurelie Le Vern stepped into the BJJ world in 2017. Her passion for sports since childhood and her hard work paid her off at this stage of her life. She soon learned all the grips and tactics. She was a lot more quicker and skilled than most of the beginners. After that, she participated in different tournaments at the international level and achieved her different colored belts quickly. 

Aurelie Le Vern quickly goes through her Colored belt journey by competing in the IBJJF World Championships and changing her colored belt ranks quickly. She won several gold medals in the IBJJF Worlds, Pan Championship, and European Open, etc. After extreme hard work and training of 5.5 years, she finally received her Black belt from the hands of her coach Tyrone Gonsalves in the IBJJF European Open 2023. 

After moving to French Guiana Aurelie Le Vern went through a hectic routine. She got a job as a sports teacher at a School in France. She helped Tyrone Gonsalves at the Six Blades Academy with classes. And most importantly, she needs to focus on her training. All of these things make her an excellent athlete and leave her with little time to herself. In 2023, after achieving her black belt, Aurelie Le Vern decided not to continue her job as a sports teacher further and focus on a full-time career in the Jiu-Jitsu World. 

In the final round of the Vitoria Open 2023 for the Black belt in the heavyweight division, Aurelie Le Vern faced another top fighter, Amanda Magda. It was a very exciting fight in which at the start Amanda tried to takedown and then control the back of Aurelie Le Vern. But she could not succeed in either of them. As the fight continued Aurelie Le Vern secured two points for sweep and two points for guard passing. At last, Aurelie Le Vern won the match from Choke from Back submission.

In the final round of the Vitoria Open Ni-Gi for the Black belt category in the heavyweight division, Aurelie Le Vern competed with Eduarda Gonzaga, another top Black belt fighter. The fight lasted for almost three and a half minutes. In the first two minutes, both of the fighters tried to take down each other but none of them succeeded in this effort. In the third minute, Aurelie Le Vern took down Gonzaga and secured two points, in the last thirty seconds Aurelie Le Vern won the match by Armbar Submission.

In the final stage of the Brasileiro No-Gi Competition for the Balck Belt in the heavyweight division, Aurelie Le Vern fought with Karen Correia. At the very beginning, Aurelie secured two points for the takedown of the opponent. In the next three minutes, she did not let Correia move by putting her weight on her body no matter how hard she tried. After that, Aurelie got four points for the back control. At last, Aurelie Le Vern won the fight by RNC submission. The whole fight lasted for almost 4 minutes. 

Aurelie Le Vern vs Amanda Magda / Vitória Open 2023

Aurelie Le Vern vs Eduarda Gonzaga / Vitória Open No-Gi 2023

Aurelie Le Vern vs Karen Correia / Brasileiro No-Gi 2023

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