The 2022–2023 IBJJF season established Kauane da Silva as one of the most formidable brown belt competitors of her generation, with standout results across both gi and no-gi formats. In 2022, she captured gold at the Pan No-Gi Championship, followed by a silver medal at the 2022 IBJJF World No-Gi Championship and a bronze at the 2022 IBJJF World Championship in gi — a well-rounded performance that demonstrated her ability to compete at the sport's highest level across multiple formats.
The 2023 season brought even sharper results. At the 2023 Pan Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship, da Silva reached the semifinals of the open class division before falling to Giovanna Jara, earning a bronze medal that reflected both the quality of her performance and the difficulty of the competition she was navigating.
Double Gold at the 2023 IBJJF World Championship
Da Silva reserved her finest performance for the most consequential stage. At the 2023 IBJJF World Championship, she delivered a historic double gold — winning both the super heavyweight division and the absolute — in the defining moment of her brown belt career. The magnitude of that achievement made the podium ceremony that followed entirely appropriate: it was there that Roberto Abreu and João Costa tied the black belt around her waist on June 3, 2023, marking a seamless and emphatic transition into the sport's elite tier.