Christophe Pras

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

Christophe Pras

Birth name	Christophe Émile Pras
Date of birth	(1984-03-08)8 March 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)
Rugby union career
Youth career   CS Vienne Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) CS Vienne () – CS Bourgoin-Jallieu () – SO Chambéry () – SO Voiron () – Bièvre Saint-Geoirs RC () International career Years Team Apps (Points) France national under-18 rugby union team Coaching career Years Team Bièvre Saint-Geoirs RC – RC Pays saint-jeannais – FC Grenoble

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]}