Luis Oliveira Cantareira
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Limeira, São Paulo, Brazil
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About Us
Luis Oliveira “Cantareira” was born on August 04, 1998, in Limeira, a city in the eastern part of the Brazilian state of São Paulo.
Growing up, Luis played football (soccer) competitively, but a serious injury at the age of 14 pushed him to the sidelines. After one year of recovery, Oliveira was invited to a jiu-jitsu class by a friend of his family, a sport where he immediately felt at home.
Luis’s first grappling instructor was Cléber Crispim, the man responsible for his development from white to black belt.
As a blue belt, Oliveira was already focussing all his efforts on his jiu-jitsu career, spending all his time outside the school at the academy and at local competitions. This early impetus was fully supported by his parents who drove Luis to the tournaments every weekend and paid for the sign-ups.
Highly motivated, as a brown belt, Cantareira started training also with Leandro Lo’s workgroup, New School Brotherhood, one of the top training groups in the country. This time coincided with Luis’s increased form and ascendence as one of the top colored belt grapplers in Brazil.
Cantareira’s good form earned him his black belt from coach Crispim on November 29, 2021.
After the passing of Leandro Lo (RIP), Luis Oliveira joined the students of his former coach in a new team compiled by many different athletes from separate squads, a team called Frates Jiu-Jitsu, which was created shortly after Leandro’s death.
