ALKALBANI Shamma

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
1	Women's Ne-Waza System -63kg	2023	Ulaanbaatar, MGL
3	Women's Ne-Waza System -63kg	2022	Abu Dhabi, UAE
5	Women's Ne-Waza System -63kg	2021	Abu Dhabi, UAE
World Games
3	Women's Ne-Waza System -63kg	2022	Birmingham, AL, USA
3	Women's Ne-Waza System Open	2022	Birmingham, AL, USA
9	Mixed Team Competition	2022	Birmingham, AL, USA
Asian Championships
1	Women's Ne-Waza System -63kg	2023	Bangkok, THA
1	Women's Ne-Waza System -63kg	2022	Manama, BRN
3	Women's Ne-Waza System -63kg	2021	Abu Dhabi, UAE
9	Women's Ne-Waza System -62kg	2018	Aktau, KAZ
World Junior Championships
1	Women's Ne-Waza System -63kg	2022	Abu Dhabi, UAE
1	Women's Ne-Waza System -63kg	2021	Abu Dhabi, UAE

Student

Rabdan Academy, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Arabic

Baniyas Sports and Cultural Club [United Arab Emirates]

Pablo Mantovani [club]; Gessica Ventura [national]; Ramon Lemos [national], BRA

She took up the sport in 2015 through a school programme run by the United Arab Emirates Ju-Jitsu Federation. "I wanted to improve further so I joined a club in 2017." (thenationalnews, 27 Jul 2022)

"I didn't do any other sport before ju-jitsu but I was a very active person; cycling and playing football with my brothers and my friends. I loved ju-jitsu from the very first class I attended. I was studying in Abu Dhabi at the time. And I remember thinking that it would be a good experience as I wanted to learn some self-defence techniques." (khaleejtimes, 21 Aug 2022; thenationalnews, 27 Jul 2022)

She trains for about six or seven hours a day. "I train for two hours each in the morning and afternoon. In addition to that I go to the gym to then train some more." (khaleejtimes, 21 Aug 2022)

Her family. (khaleejtimes, 21 Aug 2022)

She was named Best Emirati Athlete at the 2022 Fatima bint Mubarak Women Sports Award ceremony in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (arabnews, 18 Sep 2022; UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation Facebook page, 17 Sep 2022)