Parnel Legros

Parnel Legros
Style Judo

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

Martial Arts

Parnel competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics Barcelona Olympics.[2] He would compete in the Half Heavyweight division (95kg) finishing 21st.[3]

Coaching

From 1993 to 2002, 1500 students would pass through his Judo program at Starett City.[4] Legros for a period ran the largest Judo program in the northeast.[4] Legros would win the Real Judo award for Coach of the Year in 2002.[5] Legros would receive the Sloan Public Service Award from Mayor Rudy Giuliani as a result of his success with youth in Judo.[4] 100% of Parnel's Judo students went on to college.[4]

Parnel has been a clinician for the USJF.[6] Legros was a speaker at the funeral of Rena Kanakogi.[7]

Parnel works as a gym teacher at IS 364.[8] Parnel was noted as a teacher who made an attempt to save the life of a student at Intermediate School 364 who died after playing football.[9]

Notable Students

See Also

Haiti at the 1992 Summer Olympics

External Source

References

  1. ↑ "NYSJI Member Clubs". Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Parnel Legros". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Judo at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games:". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 USJA NAPMA Judo
  5. ↑ "Real Judo Awards". Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  6. ↑ http://www.usjf.com/public/grassrootsclinic.pdf
  7. ↑ http://judoinfo.com/pdf/USJA/2010-1-AJ.pdf
  8. 1 2 3 "CD 5: Judo Offers Life Lessons - New York City News Service". New York City News Service. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "TEEN DIES SUDDENLY AT SCHOOL". NY Daily News. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  10. ↑ Olympic Goal Is In Reach For Mikolajczak | www.rockawave.com | Wave of Long Island
  11. ↑ Dariusz Mikolajczak, Judoka, JudoInside
  12. ↑ http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Judo/Features/2010/February/17/Pedro-s-Challenge-Results?p=1
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