Marlon Tajik

Marlon Tajik is a Swedish grappler and a jiu-jitsu black belt under André Galvão of the Atos HQ Academy, who worked extensively at the Prana Academy in Sweden under the guidance of coach Kenta Hammarström. Although already a hot prospect in the sport, Marlon Tajik truly broke through in 2025 as a brown belt, winning double gold at the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF) European Championship and World No-Gi Championship.

Marlon Tajik Jiu-Jitsu

Full Name: Marlon Tajik

Nickname: n/a

Lineage: Carlos Gracie > Reyson Gracie > Osvaldo Alves > Luis Dagmar >André Galvão > Marlon Tajik

Main Achievements:

• 1st Place ADCC Europe, Middle East & Africa Trials (2026)

Main Achievements (Colored Belts):

• 1st Place IBJJF World Championship NOGI (2025** brown)
• 1st Place IBJJF European Championship (2025** brown)
• 1st Place CBJJ Brazilian Nationals (2024* brown)
• 2nd Place IBJJF World Championship (2023 purple)
• 2nd Place IBJJF European Championship (2022 purple)
• 3rd Place IBJJF World Championship (2024** brown)
• 3rd Place IBJJF Pan Championship (2024 brown)
• 3rd Place CBJJ Brazilian Nationals (2024 brown)

Main Achievements (Juvenile):

• 1st Place IBJJF European Championship (2020)

* Absolute
** Weight and Absolute

Favorite Position/Technique: Guard Passer & Back Taker

Weight Division: Meio Pesado (88,30 kg / 195.0 lbs)

Team/Association: Atos

Marlon Tajik Biography

Marlon Tajik was born on May 11, 2003, in Sweden.

Marlon Tajik started practicing Ju-Jutsu (also known as Traditional Jiu-Jitsu or Japanese Jiu-Jitsu) at the age of 7 under Johan Sjöholm, a martial art that combines strikes and grappling and is particularly popular in Scandinavia and Central Europe. His career in the sporting facet of this martial art (Sport Ju-Jitsu) picked up steam 3 years later.

While building up his record in SJJ, Marlon opted to change teams and joined Nacka Dojo, a gym with a stronger emphasis on the sport he wanted to succeed in. A year after joining Nacka, Tajik added BJJ to his activities to improve his ground skills for SJJ.

As the love for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu grew, Marlon Tajik started distancing himself from SJJ. Marlon ‘s father, Mike Tajik, also joined BJJ and was very enthusiastic about this activity, later earning his own black belt.

After realising he had real potential to reach high ground in BJJ, Marlon opted to switch clubs and join Team Prana, one of the leading jiu-jitsu academies in Sweden, a club led by coach Kenta Hammarström.

Prana raised the level of Tajik to that of the best colored belts in Europe, and the youngster started travelling more and more to the US for the World ‘s top tournaments. Although the Prana Academy was an affiliate of the Checkmat Association (a squad with a strong network in the US), as a purple belt, Marlon started connecting with Andre Galvao ‘s Atos Academy in San Diego, California, USA. That relationship grew stronger as he developed into a familiar face to most who follow the sport, particularly in the No-Gi circuit, eventually leading to his brown and black belt promotions, the latter received in January 2025 from the hands of Andre Galvao.