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Jean-Pierre Rives

Jean-Pierre Rives

French Rugby player


Birthday
Wednesday
He is born 71 years, 10 months and 17 days ago
Birthplace
Toulouse, France
Nationality: french France
Birth sign: Capricorn
Chinese birth sign: Dragon
Height

180 cm

Jean-Pierre Rives (born 31 December 1952) is a French former rugby union player and visual artist. "A cult figure in France", according to the BBC, he came to epitomise the team's spirit and "ultra-committed, guts-and-glory style of play". He won 59 caps for France – 34 of them as captain – and was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame. After retiring from the sport, Rives concentrated entirely on his art. He is both a painter and a sculptor, and exhibiting regularly at prominent public venues all over the globe. Rives was awarded the Order of the Legion of Honor and the National Order of Merit by the government of France.

Source : Wikipedia