Robert LeGendre

Robert Lucien LeGendre ( born January 7, 1898 in Lewiston, Maine; † January 21, 1931 in New York) was an American track and field athlete. He was the son of French immigrants.

At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp was LeGendre fourth in the pentathlon with 26 points. The points were awarded after placement in the individual disciplines. LeGendre was after the placement points on par with the third-placed Finn Hugo Lahtinen. Case of a tie, the points were taken after the decathlon table, why Lahtinen received the bronze medal.

Four years later at the 1924 Olympics in Paris the pentathlon was held on July 7. Robert LeGendre jumped a world record in the first discipline, the long jump with 7,765 yards. After placement points, he led while after this discipline, but in the two throwing events javelin and discus throwing, he lost his lead again. At the end of the Olympic champion of 1920 Eero Lehtonen with 14 points won before Hungary Elemér Somfay with 16 points and Robert LeGendre with 18 points. For the long jump to LeGendre had not qualified; here won Legendre compatriot DeHart Hubbard with 7,445 yards.

LeGendre in 1920 missed a medal because his individual performances after the decathlon table were weaker than that of its competitors. If the decathlon Table 1924 gone into action LeGendre had won the pentathlon because of its record length.

Even in his later life Robert LeGendre was not pursued by happiness. After his degree in dentistry, he began an acting career, but he had to cancel for health reasons. LeGendre died at age 33 of tuberculosis.

Swell

• Manfred Holzhausen: world records and world record holder. Grevenbroich 1999
• Ekkehard to Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Fields Athletics. Berlin 1999 (published on German Society for Athletics documentation eV)