Parnel Legros

Parnel Legros (Parnell)[1]) is a former Olympic level judoka for the nation of Haiti.[2] He was born on November 11, 1956.[2]

Parnel Legros
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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. "Parnel Legros". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  3. "Judo at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  4. USJA NAPMA Judo
  5. "Real Judo Awards". Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  6. http://www.usjf.com/public/grassrootsclinic.pdf
  7. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-06. Retrieved 2014-11-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "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.
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  12. Dariusz Mikolajczak, Judoka, JudoInside


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