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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 ...
- 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
- January 7, 1898, Lewiston, Maine, United States
- 88 kg (194 lb)
- January 21, 1931 (aged 33), Brooklyn, New York, United States
Robert "Bob" Lucien LeGendre was an American track and field athlete. 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). He won the pentathlon at the Inter ...
Jul 25, 2021 · Robert Legendre’s draft registration card from 1918. In the summer of 1918, after finishing at Hebron, Legendre lived with his family at 32 Horton St. in Lewiston, a three-decker apartment ...
After placing fourth in the 1920 Olympic pentathlon, Bob LeGendre improved to place third in 1924. The highlight of his career came in the long jump phase of the 1924 pentathlon when LeGendre, although he had not qualified for the U.S. team in the individual event, set a world record of 25-5⅝ (7.76), which was more than one foot further than DeHart Hubbard’s winning mark in the long jump.
Robert LeGendre. Self: Marvels of Motion, Issue D. Robert "Bob" LeGendre was a star athlete for Georgetown University and a two-time Olympian (1920, 1924), noteworthy for setting a world record in the long jump on his way to a bronze medal in the pentathlon at the 1924 Games in Paris. Born January 7, 1898, in Lewiston, Maine, to French-Canadian parents, Bob LeGendre was one of ten children ...
- January 7, 1898
- January 21, 1931
Abstract The description and the physical understanding of three-dimensional separated flows are challenging problems mainly because of the use of inappropriate terms linked to the consideration of two-dimensional flows. This fact was realized in the early 1950s by Robert Legendre, who introduced the basic concepts of the Critical Point Theory to provide a rational definition of separation in ...
One of the greatest all-round athletes to represent the University, LeGendre was the mainstay of the Georgetown track team during his undergraduate years. In 1920, he was the National Pentathlon Champion. He also accumulated the largest points total in the pentathlon at the Inter-Allied Athletic Games held in Paris at the end of World War I.
