Christian Bélascain (1 November 1953 — 8 January 2004) was a French rugby union international.
| Date of birth | 1 November 1953 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Biarritz, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 8 January 2004 (aged 50) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Bayonne, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 188 lb (85 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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Born in Biarritz, Bélascain learnt his rugby at Boucau Stade and spent most of his career with Aviron Bayonnais. He was capped 18 times for France as a centre between 1977 and 1983, which included four Five Nations campaigns.[1]
Bélascain died of a ruptured aneurysm in 2004 at the age of 50. The Reichel B, an under-21 championship for non-professional French clubs, was renamed in his honour and he also bears the name of a Bayonne rugby stadium.[2][3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Ch. Belascain n'est plus". La Dépêche (in French). 9 January 2004.
- ^ "rugby. Les Bélascain sont prêts pour une grande saison". Le Journal de Saône-et-Loire (in French). 2 October 2014.
- ^ "Les «Belascain» une pépinière de jeunes joueurs pour le CAC". La Dépêche (in French). 31 August 2015.
External links
edit- Christian Bélascain at ESPNscrum