Cyril Raffaelli (born 1 April 1974), sometimes credited as Cyril Xavier Cuenel Raffaelli and Cyril Quenel-Raffaelli, is a French
traceur
Parkour () is an athletic training discipline or sport in which practitioners (called ''traceurs'') attempt to get from point A to point B in the fastest and most efficient way possible, without assisting equipment and often while performing a ...
,
martial artist and
stuntman.
Biography
Utilizing
shotokan
is a style of karate, developed from various martial arts by Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) and his son Gigo (Yoshitaka) Funakoshi (1906–1945). Gichin Funakoshi was born in Okinawa and is widely credited with popularizing "karate do" throu ...
karate
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and
wushu, Raffaelli has been a regular in films with
Luc Besson
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and
David Belle
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, the latter being a friend of his.
Acting career
Raffaelli starred last in the war-horror film ''
Djinns''.
Championships and accomplishments
*IKFF Combat Combiné World Cup (1997) - Winner
*IKFF Combat Combiné bronze medalist (1999)
*1998 France
San da
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Champion
Filmography
Raffaelli is uncredited in some of his films - here is a partial list:
References
External links
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1974 births
French stunt performers
Living people
Traceurs
French male karateka
Shotokan practitioners
French gymnasts
French wushu practitioners
French sanshou practitioners
French people of Italian descent
Place of birth missing (living people)
20th-century French people