Description
Brazilian fighter, a former student and janitor of the original Gracie
Academy, who defeated Hélio Gracie in a vale-tudo match in 1955 and was later
beaten twice by Carlson Gracie (1956, 1970).
Sources
“1955 - Former student of the Gracie Academy, Waldemar Santana, defeats Helio in
a vale-tudo match.”
— Drysdale, Robert. (2023). The Rise and Evolution of
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: From Vale-Tudo, to Carlson Gracie, to its Democratization
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“Waldemar Santana – Former student and janitor of the original Gracie Academy.”
— Drysdale, Robert. (2023). The Rise and Evolution of
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: From Vale-Tudo, to Carlson Gracie, to its Democratization
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Identifiers
https://martial.is/entity/01M5HMNG4QHWWA645WHHT20ZVX
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Plain text
Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Waldemar Santana. In Martialis: Martial
Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5HMNG4QHWWA645WHHT20ZVX - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01M5HMNG4QHWWA645WHHT20ZVX, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Waldemar Santana}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage
Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M5HMNG4QHWWA645WHHT20ZVX}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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