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Christophe Pras
French rugby union player and coach (1984–2020)
Christophe Pras (8 March 1984 – 7 April 2020)[2] was a French rugby union player and coach.
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| Birth name | Christophe Émile Pras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1984-03-08)March 8, 1984[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sainte-Colombe, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 7 April 2020(2020-04-07) (aged 36) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Lyon, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Christophe Pras started playing rugby union at CS Vienne. He played at CS Bourgoin-Jallieu, at SO Chambéry, at SO Voiron and then at Bièvre Saint-Geoirs Rugby Club (Bièvre Saint-Geoirs RC).[3]
He was selected for the French under-18 rugby union team.[4][5]
He trained the Bièvre Saint-Geoirs RC, the Rugby Club du Pays Saint-Jeannais (RC Pays Saint-Jeannais) and later the FC Grenoble, of which he was a trainer in the youth teams (minimal).[3]
Private life
He was married to Cathy and had two children, Lise and Baptiste.[6]
Pras died in Bourgoin-Jallieu on 7 April 2020,[6] aged 36, from COVID-19, during the pandemic in France.[7][8][9][10][11]
- "Home". www.ercrugby.com. Archived from the original on 2009-12-22. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
- Soutien à la famille de Christophe Pras, leetchi.com.
- Coronavirus : la mort de Christophe Pras, rugbyman de 35 ans, des suites du COVID 19, france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr, 9 April 2020.