Margot Ciccarelli (Chinese: 鄧嘉寶; pinyin: Dèng Jiābǎo; born 17 November 1993) is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitor and coach.^{[lower-alpha 1]}

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Margot Ciccarelli 鄧嘉寶
Ciccarelli at the 2021 Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship
Born	(1993-11-17) 17 November 1993 (age 30) London, England
Other names	Margot Ciccarelli-Tang, Mars[1]
Nationality	Chinese (Hong Kong), Italian
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Division	Gi Weight Classes Featherweight (−58.5 kg) Lightweight (−64 kg)
Style	Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Team	Art of Jiu-Jitsu (AOJ) (Since 2023) Unity Jiu Jitsu[2] (2017—22) Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Trainer	Guilherme Mendes Murilo Santana
Rank	BJJ black belt[lower-alpha 1]
Website	margotciccarelli.com
Medal record Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Representing  Italy World Championship 2023 California, USA -58.5 kg 2022 California, USA -64 kg 2021 California, USA -64 kg Pan American Championship 2023 Florida, USA -58.5 kg 2022 Florida, USA -64 kg 2021 Florida, USA -64 kg European Championship 2024 Rome, Italy -58.5 kg 2022 Rome, Italy -64 kg Abu Dhabi World Pro Championship 2021 Abu Dhabi, UAE -62 kg Asian Open Championship 2023 Nagoya, Japan -64 kg 2023 Nagoya, Japan Absolute

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Representing Italy,^[3] she is a multiple-time World, World Pro, World No-Gi and European Champion in the lower belt divisions. At black belt, Ciccarelli is a European Champion and Asian Open Champion, as well as three-time World Championship and three-time Pan American Championship medalist.^[4]

Ciccarelli was born on 17 November 1993 in London, the daughter of an Italian father and a Chinese mother.^[5][6] Raised in the UK, Ciccarelli learned Wushu from the age of 6 before progressing to Chinese kickboxing and Wing Chun Kung Fu. She took her first jiu-jitsu class just before her 19th birthday.^[7]

Ciccarelli trained in various academies around the world during her coloured belt years. She was promoted to blue belt in Hong Kong (under Atos) and purple belt in London (under Inglorious Grapplers).^[4] In May 2017, she joined New York based team Unity Jiu Jitsu and started training under Murilo Santana.^[7]

As a purple belt, she won the IBJJF World Championship twice, the European Championship twice, the Asian Open Championship three times and the Abu Dhabi World Professional Championship twice. After receiving her brown belt from Santana in 2019, she won the World No-Gi Championship, the European Championship, the Pan No-Gi Championship and the 2020 American National Championship in both Gi and No-Gi in a year where the World Championship was not held.^[8]

While training jiu-jitsu, Ciccarelli also practised a variety of movement-based activities such as contemporary dance, hip hop dance and circus skills including flying trapeze and aerial straps.^[22] According to Ciccarelli, her aim is "to win with beautiful, superior movement quality and not just win for winning's sake."^[4]

Ciccarelli identifies as pansexual.

Main Achievements (at black belt level):^[4]

• 1st place at European Champion
• 1st place at Asian Open Championship (weight and absolute)
• 2nd place at Pan American Championship (2021^[23] / 2023^[24])
• 2nd place at Abu Dhabi World Professional Championship (2021^[25])
• 3rd place at World Championship (2021^[26] / 2022^[27] / 2023^[28])
• 3rd place at Pan American Championship (2022^[29])

Main Achievements (at coloured belt level):^[4]

• 2x World Champion (2018,^[30] 2019^[31] purple belt)
• World No-Gi Champion (2019^[32] brown belt)
• 2x Abu Dhabi World Professional Champion (2018,^[33] 2019^[33] purple belt)
• 3x European Champion (2017,^[34] 2018^[35] purple belt, 2020^[36] brown belt)
• Pan No-Gi Champion (2021^[37] brown belt)
• American National Champion (2020^[38] brown belt)
• American National No-Gi Champion (2020^[8] brown belt)
• 3x Asian Champion (2016,^[39] 2017,^[40] 2018^[41] purple belt)
• Pan Pacific Champion (2016^[42] purple belt)

Rickson Gracie → Marcelo Behring → Mario Yamasaki → Murilo Santana → Margot Ciccarelli^[4]