BERNARD LAPASSET. The former leader of the French and International Rugby Federation, Bernard Lapasset, died on the night of May 2, 2023. He was 75 years old.
He is a fervent defender of rugby who died. Bernard Lapasset, former president of the French Rugby Federation and World Rugby (the national federation) died on the night of May 2-3, 2023, at the age of 75. Max Guazzini, another former manager of the French oval as ex-president of Stade Français echoed the news. The family of Bernard Lapasset is very discreet and the causes of death have not been specified. After having been a figure in French sport, the septuagenarian has been discreet since 2018.
The Tarbais born in 1947 has dedicated his life to sport and more particularly to rugby. For more than 25 years, Bernard Lapasset has worked in the governing bodies of the oval ball. It is also to him that the sport owes, in part, its professionalization. A love of sport and an involvement that placed him from 1991 to 2008 at the head of the French Rugby Federation then from 2008 to 2016 at the presidency of the International Federation. Among the successes of Bernard Lapasset is the return of rugby to the Olympic Games decided in 2009 and formalized during the Rio Games in 2016.
More than rugby, Bernard Lapasset also defended France on the international sports scene by obtaining the organization of the Rugby World Cup in France in 2007, sixteen years before the return of competition to France in 2023. These In recent years, the Tarbais had turned to other sports by taking an active part in France’s bid to organize the 2024 Olympic Games. From 2015 to 2017, he was one of the co-presidents of the “Paris 2024” for the Olympics, alongside Tony Estanguet. Once the mission accomplished and the competition granted to the French capital, Bernard Lapasset was appointed honorary president of the organizing committee of these Games.
