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Joanna Jędrzejczyk

1987 - Today

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Joanna Jędrzejczyk (Polish: [jɔˈanna jɛndˈʐɛjtʂɨk], born August 18, 1987) is a Polish former professional mixed martial artist, Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer. Jędrzejczyk competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where she holds several records and is a former UFC Women's Strawweight Champion, including most successful strawweight title defenses (5), most consecutive wins at strawweight (8), and is the first Polish champion and first female European champion. She has been called the greatest female strawweight mixed martial artist of all time, including by Daniel Cormier, who credited her with putting the weight class "on the map". After discovering Muay Thai as a teenager, Jędrzejczyk went on to earn six medals (five gold) at the IFMA World Muaythai Championships and held several different championship titles with promotions such as World Kickboxing Network and World Muaythai Council. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Joanna Jędrzejczyk is the 150th most popular martial arts (down from 104th in 2024), the 1,439th most popular biography from Poland (down from 1,384th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Polish Martial Arts.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Joanna Jędrzejczyk ranks 150 out of 179. Before her are Rafael dos Anjos, Alexander Volkov, Satoshi Ishii, Frankie Edgar, Ángel Matos, and Shinya Aoki. After her are Yoon Hyun, Yair Rodríguez, Tyron Woodley, Sean Strickland, Ben Askren, and Irakli Tsirekidze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Joanna Jędrzejczyk ranks 466. Before her are Ante Tomić, Mevlüt Erdinç, Sammir, Yu Kobayashi, Yulia Savicheva, and Heather Morris. After her are Shraddha Kapoor, Jérémy Chardy, McDonald Mariga, Jun Suzuki, Park Jung-min, and Steven Vitória.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Joanna Jędrzejczyk ranks 1,439 out of 1,694. Before her are Mirosław Szymkowiak (1976), Leszek Możdżer (1971), Marek Koźmiński (1971), Agnieszka Wagner (1970), Jakub Józef Orliński (1990), and Aleksander Szczygło (1963). After her are Magdalena Tul (1980), Łukasz Teodorczyk (1991), Ryszard Tarasiewicz (1962), Andrzej Piaseczny (1971), Tomasz Sikora (1973), and Tomasz Majewski (1981).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Poland

Among martial arts born in Poland, Joanna Jędrzejczyk ranks 5. Before her are Mariusz Pudzianowski (1977), Jan Błachowicz (1983), Paweł Nastula (1970), and Waldemar Legień (1963). After her are Karolina Kowalkiewicz (1985).

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