Emmanuel Legaspi

{{short description|Filipino boxer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}

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| name = Emmanuel Legaspi

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| image = EmmanuelLegaspi.jpg

| imagesize = 150px

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| nationality = Filipino

| sport = Boxing

| birth_date = {{birth date|1967|9|2|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Las Vegas, Nevada

| death_date = {{death date and age|2006|5|7|1967|9|2|df=yes}}

| death_place = Tal Afar, Iraq

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Emmanuel Legaspi (2 September 1967 – 7 May 2006) was a Filipino-American boxer. He competed for the Philippines in the men's middleweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/emmanuel-legaspi-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418091345/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/emmanuel-legaspi-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Emmanuel Legaspi |accessdate=6 January 2019}} He was killed in action in 2006 while serving in the U.S. Army in Iraq.{{cite web |title=Army Staff Sgt. Emmanuel L. Legaspi |url=https://thefallen.militarytimes.com/army-staff-sgt-emmanuel-l-legaspi/1801237 |publisher=MilitaryTimes |access-date=19 May 2020}}

Personal life

Legaspi served as a staff sergeant in the 1st Armored Division of the United States Army during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He died of wounds on 7 May 2006 after his unit came under enemy small-arms fire in Tal Afar.

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