Robert LeGendre
![]() Robert LeGendre in 1919 | ||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||
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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)[1][2] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Robert "Bob" Lucien LeGendre(January 7, 1898 – January 21, 1931) was an Americantrack and fieldathlete.[3]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).[1][4]He won the pentathlon at theInter-Allied Gamesin 1919, beatingEugene VidalandGéo André.[5]
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.[6]
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.[1]
LeGendre died ofbronchial pneumoniaat the Naval Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, on January 21, 1931, aged 33.
References
[edit]- ^abcBob LeGendre.sports-reference
- ^Robert LeGendre.trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^"Robert LeGendre".Olympedia.Retrieved21 July2021.
- ^The Athletics Site: world record progression.athletix.org
- ^Inter-Allied Games.GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-01-30.
- ^"Robert LeGendre - Biography".IMDb.
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- 1898 births
- 1931 deaths
- Sportspeople from Lewiston, Maine
- American male decathletes
- American pentathletes
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in track and field
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- American male long jumpers
- Track and field athletes from Maine
- American track and field athletics Olympic medalist stubs
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- World record setters in athletics (track and field)
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- Georgetown Hoyas men's track and field athletes