Parnel Legros

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Parnel Legros
Personal information
Born (1956-11-11) 11 November 1956 (age 69)
Occupation Judoka
Sport
Sport Judo
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Parnel Legros (also spelled Parnell, [1] born 11 November 1956) is a former Olympic level judoka for the nation of Haiti. [2]

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Martial arts

Legros competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. [2] He competed in the Half Heavyweight division (95 kg), finishing 21st. [3]

Coaching

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]

Notable students

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NYSJI Member Clubs" . Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  2. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Parnel Legros". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Judo at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "USJA NAPMA Judo" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "Real Judo Awards". Archived from the original on 29 January 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  6. ↑ Grass Roots Clinicusjf.com Archived 29 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. 1 2 3 "CD 5: Judo Offers Life Lessons - New York City News Service". New York City News Service. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "TEEN DIES SUDDENLY AT SCHOOL". NY Daily News. 8 October 1997. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  10. ↑ Pedro's Challenge Results Team USA
  11. ↑ Olympic Goal Is In Reach For Mikolajczak | www.rockawave.com | Wave of Long Island
  12. ↑ "Dariusz Mikolajczak Judoka". judoinside.com. Retrieved 21 December 2023.


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