Robert LeGendre

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Robert LeGendre

Robert LeGendre in 1919
Personal information
Born	January 7, 1898 Lewiston, Maine,United States
Died	January 21, 1931 (aged 33) Brooklyn,New York, United States
Alma mater	Georgetown University
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Pentathlon,decathlon,long jump
Club	Polytechnic Harriers, London
Achievements and titles
Personalbest(s)	Decathlon – 6576 (1920) LJ – 7.76 m (1924) 200 m – 22.4 (1919)
Medal record RepresentingtheUnited States Olympic Games 1924 Paris Pentathlon

Robert "Bob" Lucien LeGendre(January 7, 1898 – January 21, 1931) was an Americantrack and fieldathlete.He competed in the pentathlon at the1920and1924 Summer Olympicsand finished in fourth and third place, respectively. He failed to qualify for the 1924 Olympics in thelong jump,yet at the 1924 Olympic pentathlon competition he set aworld recordin that event at 7.76 metres (25.5 ft).He won the pentathlon at theInter-Allied Gamesin 1919, beatingEugene VidalandGéo André.

Born in Lewiston, Maine to French-Canadian parents, LeGendre would lose his father at the age of 1, leaving his mother to raise Bob and his 9 siblings by herself (she would later pass while LeGendre was aged 19). He spent a year atHebron Academy,before his enrollment atGeorgetown UniversityinWashington, D.C.

While studying at Georgetown, LeGendre also playedAmerican footballand baseball. He earned Ph.D. and D.D.S. degrees there and signed a Hollywood contract as a film actor. He abandoned the movie career and became a dentist in Washington.

LeGendre died ofbronchial pneumoniaat the Naval Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, on January 21, 1931, aged 33.

External links

• Robert LeGendre at databaseOlympics
• At 1924 Olympics, Lewiston’s Bob Legendre leaped into history