Pierre Biémouret

Pierre Biémouret (11 April 1943 – 23 November 2022) was a French rugby union player who played as a flanker.^[1]

Pierre Biémouret

Date of birth	(1943-04-11)11 April 1943
Place of birth	Mas-d'Auvignon, German-occupied France
Date of death	23 November 2022(2022-11-23) (aged 79)
Place of death	Toulouse, France
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1965–1972 SU Agen ? (?) 1972–1975 AS Fleurance [fr] ? (?) 1975–1978 SA Condom [fr] ? (?) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1969–1973 France 19 (4)

Biography

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 AS Fleurance [fr].^[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 SA Condom [fr], 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]