Christophe Pras

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Christophe Pras
Birth nameChristophe Émile Pras
Date of birth(1984-03-08)8 March 1984 [1]
Place of birth Sainte-Colombe, France
Date of death7 April 2020(2020-04-07) (aged 36)
Place of death Lyon, France
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Rugby union career
Youth career
  CS Vienne
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
CS Vienne ()
CS Bourgoin-Jallieu ()
SO Chambéry ()
SO Voiron ()
Bièvre Saint-Geoirs RC ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
France national under-18 rugby union team
Coaching career
YearsTeam
Bièvre Saint-Geoirs RC
RC Pays saint-jeannais
FC Grenoble

Christophe Pras (8 March 1984 – 7 April 2020) [2] was a French rugby union player and coach.

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Biography

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]

References

  1. "Home". www.ercrugby.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  2. État civil sur le fichier des personnes décédées en France depuis 1970
  3. 1 2 Christophe Pras, ancien rugbyman isérois, décède du coronavirus, Le Dauphiné libéré , 8 April 2020.
  4. Coronavirus : Christophe Pras, ancien international U18, est mort, L'Équipe , 8 April 2020.
  5. Rugby. L'ancien international U18 Christophe Pras succombe au coronavirus, Ouest-France , 8 April 2020.
  6. 1 2 Soutien à la famille de Christophe Pras, leetchi.com.
  7. Coronavirus : la mort de Christophe Pras, rugbyman de 35 ans, des suites du COVID 19, france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr, 9 April 2020.
  8. Christophe Pras passed away
  9. Rugby in lutto, il coronavirus uccide Christophe Pras
  10. Thomas Trautmann : « J'ai été bouleversé par la mort de Christophe Pras »
  11. Rugby - Carnet noir : Christophe Pras, ancien berjallien, est décédé