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Jean-Pierre Garuet-Lempirou

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Jean-Pierre Garuet
Birth nameJean-Pierre Garuet-Lempirou
Date of birth (1953-06-15) 15 June 1953 (age 71)
Place of birthLourdes, France
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Weight105 kg (231 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1974–1991 FC Lourdes ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1983–1990 France 42 (0)

Jean-Pierre Garuet-Lempirou (born 15 June 1953) is a former French international rugby union player. He played as a prop for FC Lourdes.[1]

He earned his first cap with the French national team on 13 November 1983 against Australia at Clermont-Ferrand. Since then he was established as one of the elite props in world rugby. He was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, where France was runners-up to New Zealand.

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