Parnel Legros
Haitian judoka
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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
- Barry Kirk Jackman[10]
- Dariusz Mikolajczak[11] - 2008 Olympic Trials Bronze Medalist.[12]
- Harry St. Leger[8]
- Garry St. Leger[8]
