Parnel Legros | |
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Born | November 11, 1956 |
Style | Judo |
Parnel Legros (Parnell) [1] ) is a former Olympic level judoka for the nation of Haiti. [2] He was born on November 11, 1956. [2]
Legros competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. [2] He competed in the Half Heavyweight division (95 kg), finishing 21st. [3]
From 1993 to 2002, 1500 students passed through his judo program at Starett City. [4] Legros for a period ran the largest judo program in the northeast. [4]
He won the Real Judo award for Coach of the Year in 2002. [5] Legros received the Sloan Public Service Award from Mayor Rudy Giuliani as a result of his success with youth in judo. [4] 100% of his judo students went on to college. [4]
Legros has been a clinician for the USJF. [6]
He was a speaker at the funeral of Rena Kanakogi. [7]
Legros works as a gym teacher at Intermediate School 364. [8] He was noted as a teacher who made an attempt to save the life of a student, who died after playing football. [9]
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