Emmanuel Legaspi
{{short description|Filipino boxer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Emmanuel Legaspi
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| image = EmmanuelLegaspi.jpg
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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
}}
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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Category:Olympic boxers for the Philippines
Category:Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Martial artists from Las Vegas
Category:United States Army personnel of the Iraq War
Category:American military personnel killed in the Iraq War
Category:United States Army non-commissioned officers
Category:20th-century Filipino sportsmen
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