Michel Yachvili (born 25 September 1946) is a former
French rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...
footballer.
His father was a
Georgian
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Common meanings
* Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country)
** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group
** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians
**Georgian scripts, three scrip ...
POW during the World War II in France, and his son Grégoire chose to play for the
Georgian national team. He began his career playing as
Hooker for
SC Tulle. He was a part of the
French national team which won the 1968 Grand Slam in the
Five Nations. In 1970 he moved to
CA Brive where he played
flanker.
Yachvili's son,
Dimitri Yachvili
Dimitri Yachvili Markarian (born 19 September 1980, in Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze) is a French former rugby union footballer who played as a scrum-half for Biarritz and France. He played for France from 2002 to 2012, earning 61 caps and scori ...
, is also a France rugby union international.
External links
ESPN profile
1946 births
French rugby union players
Living people
People from Tulle
Rugby union flankers
France international rugby union players
French people of Georgian descent
Sportspeople from Corrèze
Rugby union players from Nouvelle-Aquitaine
CA Brive players
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