Jordan Michallet

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

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 20 (155)
2018–2022 Rouen Normandie Rugby 78 (658)

Biography

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

References
  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.
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