Lachlan Giles

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Lachlan Giles
BornLachlan Sven McDonald Giles[1]
(1986-06-17) 17 June 1986 (age 38)[2]
Melbourne, Australia[1]
NicknameVelachiraptor
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[3]
Weight82.3 kg (181 lb; 12 st 13 lb)
DivisionMiddleweight
TeamAbsolute MMA
TrainerJohn Simon
RankBJJ black belt
(under John Simon)
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Submission wrestling
ADCC World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2019 California Absolute
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
World No-Gi Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2017 California -73.5 kg

Lachlan Sven McDonald Giles (born 17 June 1986) is an Australian grappler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) black belt competitor and coach. He is a bronze medalist in both the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship and World No-Gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship.

Early life and education

Lachlan Giles was born on 17 June 1986, in Victoria, Australia.[1][2] Growing up he was a huge fan of Jet Li's martial arts movies and trained in Kung Fu initially.[1][2][3] One year into his training he saw a tape of UFC 1 which was won by Royce Gracie.[1][2][4] After watching the event, he was convinced that BJJ was the best form of self defense and shortly afterwards joined a BJJ academy to focus on it.[1][2][4] Giles’ first BJJ instructor was Tyrone Crosse who trained Giles from white to purple belt.[1][2][3] However Giles suffered from a severe knee injury and was forced to stop his training for a year.[1][2][3] When he returned, the academy had a new coach, John Simon.[1][2] Simon promoted Giles to brown belt and in 2012 promoted him to black belt.[1][2][3] Giles attended La Trobe University where he earned a Bachelor of Physiotherapy in 2008 and a PhD in Physiotherapy in 2016.[1][3][4][5]

Grappling career

In 2015, Giles competing at Eddie Bravo Invitational 5 where he came third place after defeating Nathan Orchard and Rani Yahya before losing to Garry Tonon by Armbar.[1][4][6] In 2017, Giles competed at the World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship where he came third place after being defeated by AJ Agazarm by points in the semi-finals.[1][7] In the 2019 ADCC World Championship, Giles defeated Kaynan Duarte and Patrick Gaudio before being submitted by Gordon Ryan.[1][8][9] Giles defeated Mahamed Aly by leglock to earn a bronze medal in the absolute category.[1][8][9] Giles' achievement was considered notable as he was much smaller than his opponents who came mainly from the Heavyweight divisions and outweighed him by around 20 kg.[1][8][9] In 2020, Giles made a post on Instagram stating those who have won medals while using PEDs should relinquish those titles.[10] Gordon Ryan made a response accusing Giles of using PEDs.[10] After some back and forth, Giles challenged Ryan that he would bet $500,000 of his own money against just $5,000 of Ryan's that he would pass a drug test right now.[10] Ryan did not respond to the challenge.[10] Giles teaches BJJ as well.[1] He was the coach of fellow Australian grappler, Craig Jones whom he awarded a black belt in 2016.[1][4]

Grappling competition achievements

Instructor lineage

Carlos Gracie → Helio Gracie → Carlos Gracie Jr → Jean Jacques Machado / Rigan Machado → John Will → John Simon → Lachlan Giles[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 "Lachlan Giles | BJJ Heroes".
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "Lachlan Giles: A Top-Tier Melbourne-Born Grappler". Jiujitsu News. 21 September 2022.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "A List of interesting Lachlan Giles BJJ Facts". BjjTribes. 12 January 2022.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Clements, Averi (18 April 2018). "ADCC & EBI Veteran Lachlan Giles Is Poised To Bring Australian Talent To Abu Dhabi". Jiu-Jitsu Times. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "MEET THE PRESENTERS OF THE PFJ SYMPOSIUM – Dr Lachlan Giles". Physiosports. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "EBI 5 Results: Garry Tonon Victorious | BJJ Heroes". 14 December 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "IBJJF No-Gi World Championship Results 2017 | BJJ Heroes". Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Clements, Averi (30 September 2019). "77kg Lachlan Giles Submits +99kg Mahamed Aly To Win Bronze In ADCC Absolute Division". Jiu-Jitsu Times. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "ADCC 2019 Results: Lachlan Giles takes bronze, Giles is the people's champion – Grappling Insider". grapplinginsider.com. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 World, B. J. J. (29 November 2020). "Gordon Ryan Accuses Lachlan Giles for Steroids Use, Lachlan Fires Back With $500k Bet". BJJ World. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
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