 Robert LeGendre in 1919 | ||||||||||||
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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) | |||||||||||
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| 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] | |||||||||||
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Robert "Bob" Lucien LeGendre (January 7, 1898 – January 21, 1931) was an Americantrack and field athlete.[3] He competed in the pentathlon at the1920 and1924 Summer Olympics and 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 record in that event at 7.76 metres (25.5 ft).[1][4] He won the pentathlon at theInter-Allied Games in 1919, beatingEugene Vidal andGéo 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 University inWashington, D.C.[6]
While studying at Georgetown, LeGendre also playedAmerican football and 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 pneumonia at the Naval Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, on January 21, 1931, aged 33.
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