Chantal Ughi

Chantal Ughi is an Italian and American female kickboxer, actress and multiple Muay Thai champion.
Ughi started training Muay Thai in New York aged 20, and in January 2008 left her acting career in the United States to become a full time Muay Thai fighter in Thailand. She has since spoken out about the difficulties of being a female in a sport run by men, as well as her experiences of traveling to Thailand alone as a girl to train and compete in Muay Thai. Chantal Ughi is a seven-time world champion in the sport.
In 2014, Ughi returned to Italy to resume her acting career and was the subject matter and lead actress in the 2015 documentary Goodbye Darling I'm Off to Fight! directed by Simone Manetti and produced by Alfredo Covelli, where she played herself.

Acting career

Actress, director, singer and photographer, Ughi studied piano and followed her family relative Uto Ughi a violin player, at an early age. She then started modeling and traveling Europe, Paris, London, Madrid and Tokyo, Japan. At the same time she pursued her passion for acting and photography.
Ughi soon moved to Rome where she got her first acting role in the movie Traveling Companion, starring Asia Argento and French actor Michel Piccoli, Love in The Mirror starring Peter Stormare, the Italian Academy Award Winner Growing Artichocks in Mimongo, the critically acclaimed comedy But We Only Made Love, where she plays Corinna, and Albania Blues, as Aida.
After an intensive Shakespeare program at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, Chantal decided to move to New York City, where she immediately landed a leading role in the romantic comedy ', aka Freax and the City which she also help produce. In New York her debut film ' won for Best Short at
Goodbye Darling I'm Off To Fight directed by Simone Manetti and Produced by Alfredo Covelli, where Ughi plays herself, was won Best Italian Documentary Prize and Jury Special Mention Prize at the prestigious 2016 Biografilm Festival in Bologna, Italy, as well as Best Documentary at Molise Cinema and many other prizes. It was also nominated for Italian Nastri D'Argento 2017. It was released in movie theatres all around Italy in 2017 by I Wonder Pictures.
In 2016, Chantal played the lead role in Fiorella Mannoia's music video to "Nessuna Conseguenza", highlighting the continued relevance of violence against women and domestic abuse.

Muay Thai Career

Chantal Ughi began fighting Muay Thai professionally in 2008. She is a seven-time world champion in the sport. She won her first Muay World title the WPMF against Carly Giumulli on Dec. 5th 2008, during the King of Thailand's Birthday celebration in Bangkok, in front of 100.000 people. Chantal Ughi has fought Miriam Nakamoto for the WBC, Julie Kitchen for her WPMF title defense, Stephanie Ielö Page for the WMA and Eileen Forrest for the ISKA titles.

Championships and Accomplishments

World Professional Muaythai Federation
*WPMF World Welterweight Championship
**One title defense against Julie Kitchen
World Muaythai Association
*WMA World Super Lightweight Championship
World Muaythai Federation
*WMF World Super Lightweight Championship
*WMF World Welterweight Championship
*WMF World Welterweight Amateur Championship
World Taekwondo Kickboxing Association
*WTKA World Welterweight Amateur Championship
World Muaythai Organization
*WMO World Super Lightweight Championship
*WMO Welterweight Championship SuperLightweight division

Titles

2015 - WMO World Champion 63.5 Kg.
2014 - World Muay Thai Federation Pro Am World Champion 63.5 kg.
2014 - World Muay Thai Federation Amateur World Champion 66 kg.
2012 – WMF Pro AM World Champion 66 kg
2010 – WMF World Championship
2009 – WMA World Champion 63.5 kg
2009 – Patong Stadium PK1 Champion
2008 – WMF World championship, Prince's Cup 67 kg
2008 – WPMF World Champion 67 kg
2008 – WTKA K1 Division Amateur World Champion 67 kg
2008 – WTKA Muay Thai Division Amateur World Champion 67 kg
2008 – WKA North American Amateur Champion 67 kg

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