Jordan Michallet
 Michallet in 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 January 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Voiron, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 18 January 2022 (aged 29) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Rouen, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jordan Michallet (10 January 1993 – 18 January 2022) was a French rugby union player who played at the fly-half position.[1]
Biography
[edit]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 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. 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
[edit]- Winner of the Coupe Frantz-Reichel (2013)
- Champion of Fédérale 1 (2019)
References
[edit]- ^ "Jordan Michallet". Itsrugby.fr (in French).
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Jordan Michallet". France Rugby (in French).
- ^ "Ptits gars pleins de talent". Grenoble c’est mieux (in French). Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Jordan MICHALLET, formé au SOV, titulaire au FCG face au CO". SO Voiron (in French). Archived from the original on 3 February 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.