Robert LeGendre

Robert LeGendre

Robert LeGendre in 1919
Personal information
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)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Pentathlon, decathlon, long jump
Club	Polytechnic Harriers, London
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Decathlon – 6576 (1920) LJ – 7.76 m (1924) 200 m – 22.4 (1919)[1][2]
Medal record Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1924 Paris Pentathlon

Robert "Bob" Lucien LeGendre (January 7, 1898 – January 21, 1931) was an American track and field athlete.^[3] He competed in the pentathlon at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics and finished in fourth and third place, respectively. He failed to qualify for the 1924 Olympics in the long jump, yet at the 1924 Olympic pentathlon competition he set a world record in that event at 7.76 metres (25.5 ft).^[1][4] He won the pentathlon at the Inter-Allied Games in 1919, beating Eugene Vidal and Géo André.^[5]

While studying at the Georgetown University, LeGendre also played American 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]

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