Deborah Luisa Gautier Meza is a Peruvian Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitor and instructor based in Lima. According to Peruvian media, she is the first Peruvian woman to earn a BJJ black belt, having been promoted by Tano Fernández in July 2019. She competes under the name Deborah Gautier in Peru and is listed in some IBJJF records as Deborah Meza. She was reported to be 47 years old in September 2025, which places her birth around 1977–1978.
Gautier began training Jiu-Jitsu in 2002 while living in the United States, and joined Almeida Jiu-Jitsu in the La Molina district of Lima in 2017. She trains under head instructor Tano Fernández and received her first black-belt stripe from Brazilian professor Caio Almeida in 2022. After becoming a mother of two, she took a multi-year break from competition before returning to the mats.
Her documented results include a gold medal at the 2017 CBJJE World Championship in São Paulo, where she competed at brown belt in the lightweight (64 kg) division — one weight class above her natural category — and a bronze medal at the 2025 IBJJF World Master Championship in Las Vegas, competing at black belt in the master featherweight division. She self-funded her 2025 trip to the United States to compete.
Alongside her competitive career, Gautier runs a Jiu-Jitsu program offering classes to children, teenagers, and women of all ages. She is widely regarded as a pioneer for women's Jiu-Jitsu in Peru.