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Jordan Michallet

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Jordan Michallet
Michallet in 2014
Date of birth(1993-01-10)10 January 1993
Place of birthVoiron, France
Date of death18 January 2022(2022-01-18) (aged 29)
Place of deathRouen, France
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half
Youth career
?–2007 SO Voiron
2007–2013 FC Grenoble
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013–2015 FC Grenoble 17 (27)
2015–2017 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 27 (63)
2017–2018 RC Strasbourg [fr] 20 (155)
2018–2022 Rouen Normandie Rugby 78 (658)

Jordan Michallet (10 January 1993 – 18 January 2022) was a French rugby union player who played at the fly-half position.[1]

Biography

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Born on 10 January 1993 in Voiron,[2] Michallet began his junior career with SO Voiron and subsequently FC Grenoble.[3][4] In 2013, he was a champion of the Coupe Frantz-Reichel [fr] with Grenoble[5] in a victory over Lyon OU in which he scored all nine of the match's points.[6] He joined Grenoble's senior team in the Top 14 the following season, playing his first match against Castres Olympique on 24 August 2013.[7] For the 2015–16 season, he joined the Rugby Pro D2 team CS Bourgoin-Jallieu and stayed there for two years.

In 2017, Michallet joined the Fédérale 1 team RC Strasbourg [fr]. The following year, he joined Rouen Normandie Rugby, of the same division.[8]

Michallet died of suicide in Rouen on 18 January 2022, at the age of 29.[9]

Awards

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  • Winner of the Coupe Frantz-Reichel (2013)
  • Champion of Fédérale 1 (2019)

References

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  1. ^ "Jordan Michallet". Itsrugby.fr (in French).
  2. ^ Cotté, Florent (19 November 2020). ""J'ai hâte de rejouer au Stade des Alpes" : l'Isérois Jordan Michallet se confie avant Grenoble-Rouen". Le Dauphiné libéré (in French). Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  3. ^ Sougey, Frédéric (21 May 2011). "Interview de Jordan Michallet avant la demi-finale des Crabos". Gre-Sports (in French). Archived from the original on 8 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Jordan Michallet". France Rugby (in French).
  5. ^ "Ptits gars pleins de talent". Grenoble c’est mieux (in French). Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
  6. ^ Perrin, Thibault (15 June 2013). "VIDEO. Le FC Grenoble domine le championnat de France...chez les Reichels". Le Rugbynistère (in French). Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Jordan MICHALLET, formé au SOV, titulaire au FCG face au CO". SO Voiron (in French). Archived from the original on 3 February 2014.
  8. ^ Bellet, Benjamin (24 April 2018). "Transfert : Jordan Michallet signe à Rouen". Le Sport Dauphinois (in French). Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  9. ^ "À Rouen, après un accident de voiture, le joueur du RNR Jordan Michallet meurt en se jetant d'un immeuble". Paris-Normandie (in French). Rouen. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.