Venla Luukkonen

Venla Luukkonen is a Finnish grappler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitor and instructor. In 2014, she became the first Finnish female black belt and the first Finn to win the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Championship at black belt level. Since 2014, in addition to winning several major tournaments, Luukkonen reached the world championship final three more times, winning gold again in 2018.

*Bio adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venla_Luukkonen) under [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).*