{{Short description|France international rugby union player (1956–2025)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Thierry Picard | image = | caption = | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1956|11|10|df=y}} | birth_place = Saint-Sauves-d'Auvergne, Puy-de-Dôme, France | death_date = {{death date and age|2025|5|15|1956|11|10|df=y}} | death_place = Mautes, France | height = 6 ft 4 in | weight = 236 lb | occupation = | school = | university = | relatives = | position = Back-row / Lock | repyears1 = 1985–86 | repteam1 = {{nrut|France}} | repcaps1 = 3 | reppoints1 = 0 }}
'''Thierry Picard''' (10 November 1956 – 15 May 2025) was a French international rugby union player.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thierry Picard, rugbyman de l'équipe de France de rugby |url=https://www.equipe-france.fr/rugby/thierry-picard |website=www.equipe-france.fr}}</ref>
==Life and career== Picard was born in Saint-Sauves-d'Auvergne on 10 November 1956. He spent most of his career with AS Montferrand.<ref>{{cite news |title=Le sécurisant M.-Dumitras |url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/1999/02/12/269842-le-securisant-m-dumitras.html |work=La Dépêche |date=12 February 1999 |language=fr}}</ref>
A backrower and lock, Picard won three France caps, debuting against the Pumas on the 1985 tour. The following year, Picard played a home international against Romania, then returned to Argentina and gained his third cap.<ref>{{cite news |title=Test blow for France |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121376837 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=7 June 1986}}</ref> Thierry died from a cardiac arrest on 15 May 2025, at the age of 68.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nécrologie : Thierry Picard, joueur de l'ASM entre 1979 et 1987 |url=https://www.lamontagne.fr/clermont-ferrand-63000/sports/necrologie-thierry-picard-joueur-de-l-asm-entre-1979-et-1987_14688397/ |access-date=20 May 2025 |work=La Montagne |date=16 May 2025}}</ref>
==See also== * List of France national rugby union players
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Sport links}}
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