Gladiators Zone - Diesel, Daz Crawford

Diesel was part of the RAF and studied the martial art of kung fu. At 18 he became a heavyweight boxer, winning the RAF championships three times while ranked No 4 in the UK.

He took voluntary redundancy from the RAF and in 1997 Diesel got a modelling job at a fashion show. After this he was then selected to dance at The Clothes Show Live and then chosen to appear in an advert for Sky TV. He also took part in the commercial for men's fragrance Fusion by Fabergé.

In 1998 a friend from a PR company asked Diesel if he had ever thought about becoming a Gladiator. He gathered all of his CV's together and sporting achievement certificates and sent them off to the Gladiators Production Office, after passing screen and fitness tests he joined the Ultimate team on TV.

Sporting awards that Diesel has include: Aerobic Instruction Qualifications, trophies from boxing, Seoul Olympic Squad, National League Basketball player and he is also a qualified life guard.

Diesel, now works in the movies, he has starred in the James Bond 007 film The World Is Not Enough as Russian bad guy Zed, and also in Blade 2 as a vampire.

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