After her highly publicized divorce from Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen is already making moves. Several outlets reported that she’s already dating another man and the duo was spotted out with Gisele’s kids. So, the big question is: Who is Joaquim Valente?
On October 28, 2022, Gisele and Tom confirmed their divorce finalization on Instagram on their Instagram stories. The seven-time Super Bowl Champion posted, “In recent days, my wife and I finalized our divorce from one another after 13 years of marriage. We arrived at this decision amicably and with gratitude for the time we spent together. We are blessed with beautiful and wonderful children who will continue to be the center of our world in every way. We will continue to work together as parents to always ensure they receive the love and attention they deserve. We arrived at this decision to end our marriage after much consideration. Doing so is, of course painful, and difficult, like it is for so many people who go through the same thing everyday [sic] around the world. However, we wish only the best for each other as we pursue whatever new chapters in our lives that are yet to be written. And we kindly ask for privacy and respect as we navigate in what comes in the days and weeks ahead. Thank you.”
Gisele wrote a similar story, “With much gratitude for our time together, Tom and I have amicably finalized our divorce. My priority has always been and will continue to be my children whom I love with all my heart. We will continue co-parenting to give them love, care and attention they need. The decision to end a marriage is never easy, but we have grown apart and while it is, of course, difficult to go through something like this, I feel blessed for the time we had together and only wish the best for Tom always.”
That was all merely weeks before Gisele was spotted hanging out with a new guy. Read below to know more about Gisele Bündchen’s new potential boyfriend Joaquim Valente.
Who is Joaquim Valente?
Who is Joaquim Valente? Joaquim Valente is a Brazillian jūjutsu instructor based in Miami, Florida. He taught Gisele and her kids shortly after the family moved to Florida when Tom started playing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. An insider told the Daily Mail that nothing was going on between them, however, insisting that they are and have been friends for years. “He’s been her kids’ jiu-jitsu teacher for years,” the source said. “There’s no truth to the rumors that they’re dating.”
The jūjitsu company website reveals that the Valente brothers trained extensively for most of their lives. “At the tender age of 2, Pedro, Gui and Joaquim were already taking private lessons from Grandmaster Hélio Gracie. Growing up, the Valente brothers trained daily at the Gracie Academy in Rio de Janeiro.” Their hard work seemed to pay off as the brothers achieved a high honor in the world of jūjutsu, and “In 2007 Joaquim also received the Professors’ Diploma from Grandmaster Hélio Gracie.” Joaquim was the last in his family to move from Brazil to Miami, Florida since he played”a pivotal role in the development of our curriculums as he was still living in Brazil and could work with Grandmaster Hélio directly and provide Pedro and Gui with valuable information.” He later enrolled at Barry University and majored in Criminology.
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For more about Tom Brady, read his book, The TB12 Method. The New York Times bestseller, which has been described as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers player’s “athlete’s bible,” takes readers through Brady’s revolutionary training, conditioning and wellness system that kept him at the top of the NFL for more than two decades. The book dives into Brady’s TB12 Method, a performance lifestyle brand he co-founded in 2013, that focuses on a more natural, healthier way of exercising, training and living and how to maintain one’s own peak performance while decreasing injury risks.
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