Nationality France
Algeria Years active 10 (1988–1998) Movies Mutants Style Muay Thai Wins by knockout 1 | Weight 63-67 kg Role Movie actor Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Name Dida Diafat | |
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Born Dida Diafat
April 24, 1970 (age 53)
Bab El Oued, Algiers, Algeria ( 1970-04-24 ) | ||
Peter sugarfoot cunningham vs dida diafat i
Dida Diafat (born April 24, 1970 in Algiers) is an Algerian-French Muay Thai kickboxer who became a world champion in Thai kickboxing or Muay Thai at age 21. A fictionalised version of his life is depicted in the 2005 movie Chok-Dee, in which he plays himself.
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- Peter sugarfoot cunningham vs dida diafat i
- Dida diafat highlight
- Biography
- Titles
- Awards
- Filmography
- References
Dida diafat highlight
Biography
At the age of 18, Dida Diafat left the town of Villiers le Bel (Val d'Oise) to join the Muay Thai training camps of Thailand and became 3 years later the first Algerian and Frenchman to be a Muay Thai world champion. He became the first Thai kickboxing fighter to win a contract with a French television channel - specifically, Canal+ in 1994. Following the release of Chok Dee he retired from kickboxing and decided to pursue a career in acting and in the clothing business. He had a role in the 2009 horror film Mutants.
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