Parnel Legros (Parnell)) is a former Olympic level
judoka
is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...
for the nation of
Haiti
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He was born on November 11, 1956.
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Martial arts
Legros competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[ He competed in the Half Heavyweight division (95 kg), finishing 21st.
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Coaching
From 1993 to 2002, 1500 students passed through his judo program at Starett City.[
He won the Real Judo award for Coach of the Year in 2002. Legros received the Sloan Public Service Award from Mayor ]Rudy Giuliani
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as a result of his success with youth in judo.[ 100% of his judo students went on to college.][
Legros has been a clinician for the USJF.
He was a speaker at the funeral of Rena Kanakogi.
Legros works as a gym teacher at Intermediate School 364.]
Notable students
* Barry Kirk Jackman
Barry Kirk Jackman (born March 16, 1981, in Brooklyn, New York, United States) is a Barbadian judoka, who competed in the men's half-heavyweight category. He attained a seventh-place finish in the 100-kg division at the 2003 Pan American Games ...
* Dariusz Mikolajczak - 2008 Olympic Trials Bronze Medalist.Garry St. Leger
Garry St. Leger (born July 24, 1985) is a judoka
is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔 ...
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See also
* Haiti at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Haiti competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Results by event Athletics
Men's 100 metres
* Claude Roumain
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References
External links
Legros' personal website
Living people
Judoka trainers
American male judoka
Martial arts school founders
Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1956 births
Olympic judoka for Haiti
Haitian male judoka
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