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 info
“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 info

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M5HMNG4QHWWA645WHHT20ZVX

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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.
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@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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