Alexandre Paiva

{{short description|Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner}}

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| other_names = “Gigi” (short for Genovesi)

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| residence = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

| nationality = Brazilian

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| team = Alliance Jiu Jitsu

| rank = Coral belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

| teacher = Romero "Jacare" Cavalcanti

| students = Tayane Porfirio, Fernando Augusto

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{{MedalSport | Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championship}}

{{MedalGold | 1999 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | -82g}}

{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Championship}}

{{MedalGold | 1996 California, USA | -82kg}}

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Alexandre "Gigi" Paiva (born March 4, 1967, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a long standing figure, having been involved in Jiu Jitsu since the early 1980s, in the Brazilian jiu-jitsu community who has made a number of important contributions to the sport which are referenced below.

He began training when he was 15 years old in Romero "Jacare" Cavalcanti's school, where he was considered to be one of the academy's most technically gifted students,{{cite web |url=http://alliancejoinville.com.br/tag/alexandre-paiva/|title=Seminário com Mestre Alexandre "Gigi" Paiva|accessdate=March 14, 2018}} and received his Black Belt in 1993. {{cite web |url=http://allianceriodejaneiro.com.br/gigi-paiva|title=ALEXANDRE PAIVA|accessdate=March 14, 2018}}

In addition to being an outstanding competitive athlete winning the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship 1x at Adult level and 4x at Masters level he also, alongside Romero "Jacare" Cavalcanti and Fabio Gurgel, co-founded the Alliance Jiu Jitsu Team which has gone on to become the most successful competitive Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu team of all time.{{cite web |url=https://www.bjjheroes.com/bjj-fighters/alliance-jiu-jitsu-academy

|title=Alliance Jiu Jitsu Academy|accessdate=March 14, 2018}}

The following athletes are included in the list of IBJJF World Champions he has trained - Fernando Augusto, Leo Leite, his son Victor Genovesi and Tayane Porfirio.{{cite web |url=https://www.bjjheroes.com/bjj-fighters/alexandre-paiva |title=BJJ Heroes Alexandre Paiva|accessdate=March 14, 2018}}

He is currently head coach at Alliance Jiu Jitsu Eagle Academy{{cite web |url=http://www.graciemag.com/2015/05/05/alliance-leblon-alexandre-gigi-paiva-entra-para-o-time-gmi-de-academias-de-jiu-jitsu/ |title=Alliance Eagle Idaho USA: Alexandre "Gigi" Paiva entra para o time GMI|accessdate=March 18, 2018}} located in Eagle, Idaho USA.{{cite web |url=http://www.allianceriodejaneiro.com.br/professores-jiu-jitsu-gigi-paiva-alliance-rj|title=Alliance Rio De Janeiro Professores|accessdate=March 14, 2018}}