Pierre Biémouret | |
Birth Date: | 1943 4, df=y |
Birth Place: | Mas-d'Auvignon, German-occupied France |
Death Place: | Toulouse, France |
Ru Currentposition: | Flanker |
Years1: | 1965–1972 |
Clubs1: | SU Agen |
Apps1: | ? |
Points1: | ? |
Years2: | 1972–1975 |
Apps2: | ? |
Points2: | ? |
Years3: | 1975–1978 |
Apps3: | ? |
Points3: | ? |
Repyears1: | 1969–1973 |
Repteam1: | France |
Repcaps1: | 19 |
Reppoints1: | 4 |
Pierre Biémouret (11 April 1943 – 23 November 2022) was a French rugby union player who played as a flanker.[1]
Biémouret worked as a farmer.[2] From 1969 to 1973, he was a member of the French national team, playing his first match on 22 February 1969 against England.[3] His last national team game came against Ireland on 14 April 1973.[3] He played in two test matches in South Africa in 1971. He began his professional career with SU Agen in 1965, which won the French rugby union championship in 1966.[2]
From 1972 to 1975, Biémouret played for .[4] He captained a game against South Africa during a tournament in France in 1974.[3]
The following season, Biémouret became a player-coach for, which won the Second Division in 1978.[5] [6] After winning this title, he retired from playing rugby. In the early 1990s, he coached the Italian team Parma F.C.[7]
Biémouret's wife, Gisèle, served as a member of the French National Assembly from 2007 to 2022.[8]
Pierre Biémouret died in Toulouse on 23 November 2022, at the age of 79.[9]