Maxine Thylin
Born	(1991-06-05) 5 June 1991 (age 32)[1]
Nickname	Machine
Nationality	Swedish
Division	Gi Weight Classes Feather -58.5 kg
Style	Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Team	Gracie Humaitá
Trainer	Leticia Ribeiro
Rank	BJJ black belt
Medal record Representing  Sweden Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Championship 2017 California, USA -58.5 kg Pan-American Championship 2018 California, USA -58.5 kg 2017 California, USA -58.5 kg European Championship 2018 Lisbon, Portugal -58.5 kg 2017 Lisbon, Portugal -58.5 kg No-Gi World Championship 2015 California, USA -50.50 kg 2015 California, USA Open Class Abu Dhabi Grand Slam 2016 Los Angeles, USA -55kg 2015 Los Angeles, USA -55kg SJJIF World Championship 2015 California, USA -58.5 kg

Maxine Thylin (born 5 June 1991) is a Swedish grappler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt competitor. Thylin is a multiple Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion in coloured belt and the 2017 black belt World Champion.^[1]

Career

Emilie Maxine M. H. Thylin was born on 5 June 1991, in Sweden, when she was 10 years old she started training and competing in Japanese jujutsu, at sixteen she added Brazilian jiu-jitsu to her practice.^[1] At 18 years she won the junior Japanese jujutsu world championship and decided to focus on Brazilian jiu-jitsu, training at Nacka dojo in Stockholm.^[2] From 2010 she began travelling to California to train with Leticia Ribeiro a few months at time, then in 2015 moved from Sweden to San Diego joining Gracie Southbay Jiu-Jitsu. Thylin won medals in all the major tournaments, as a brown belt she won the 2015 World Championship^[3][4] receiving her black belt from Ribeiro that year as a consequence, followed by a win at the SJJIF World Championship. In 2017 she won the world championship as a black belt, while studying psychology, she is the second swede to win the world championship after Janni Larsson.^[2]

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitive summary

Main Achievements at black belt level:^[1]

• IBJJF World Champion (2017)
• 2 x UAEJJF Grand Slam winner, Los Angeles (2016 / 2015)
• 2nd place IBJJF Pan Championship (2017)
• 2nd place IBJJF European Open (2017)
• 3rd place IBJJF No-Gi World Championship (2015^[a])
• 3rd place IBJJF European Open (2018)
• 3rd place IBJJF Pan Championship (2018)

Main Achievements (Coloured Belts):^[1]

• IBJJF World Champion (2015 brown)
• IBJJF World Champion NoGi (2014 brown)
• 2 x Pan American Champion (2011 / 2012 purple)
• European Champion (2014 brown)
• 2nd place IBJJF World Championship (2010 purple)
• 2nd place Pan American Championship (2013 purple)
• 2nd place IBJJF European Open (2012 / 2013^[a] purple)
• 3rd place IBJJF World Championship (2009 blue)
• 3rd place IBJJF Pan Championship (2014 / 2015 brown)
• 3rd place IBJJF European Open (2011 purple)

Instructor lineage

Carlos Gracie > Helio Gracie > Royler Gracie > Vini Aieta > Letícia Ribeiro > Maxine Thylin^[1]