Imanol Harinordoquy

I am drawn to Imanol Harinordoquy because he carried Basque pride into everything he did. A towering number 8 at 192 cm, born in Bayonne, he gave Stade Toulousain, Biarritz, and France a player who never flinched from contact. There is something stirring about a man from the fiercely distinct Basque country representing the national side on the world stage. He played with a physical honesty that defined the back row of his era, and he stayed connected to the game after retiring through ventures bearing his own name. Grit and grace at once, he embodied the soul of rugby for me, and I hold him in real esteem.

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Name (English)

Imanol Harinordoquy

Name (Japanese)

イマノル・アリノルドキ

Reading

いまのる・ありのるどき

Born

February 20, 1980 (age 46)

Origin

Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

Height

192 cm

Occupation

rugby union player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Monkey

• Official sitehttps://www.stageimanol.com
• Xhttps://x.com/imanolHARI
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imanol%20Harinordoquy
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8E%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%83%8E%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%82%AD
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q389714

Tags

• Pyrénées-Atlantiques
• rugby union player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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