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Dida Diafat (born 24 April 1970) 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.
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.
Titles and achievements
= Titles
=1991-1998 Competed in 16 World Championships in Muaythai, Kickboxing and won 11 titles
1993 World Muaythai Champion in Paris
1992 World Kickboxing Champion in Levallois
1991 World Muaythai Champion in Paris Bercy
1991 World Muaythai Champion (-63 kg)
1989 French Muaythai Champion Class A
Awards
1997 "Songh Shaï" vase
1995 Best Foot & Fist Fighter of the Year
1994 Best Foot & Fist Fighter of the Year
1993 Best Foot & Fist Fighter of the Year
2015 Hall of Fame WKL WORLD KICKBOXING LEAGUE
Fight Record
See also
List of male kickboxers
References
External links
Chok-Dee at IMDb
Mutants at IMDb
2006 Interview Archived 5 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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- List of male kickboxers
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- List of Muay Thai practitioners
- List of horror films of 2009
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