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James Cleveland " Jesse " Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games. [3] Owens specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as "perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history". [4] .
19 hours ago · Jesse Owens (born September 12, 1913, Oakville, Alabama, U.S.—died March 31, 1980, Tucson, Arizona) was an American track-and-field athlete who became one of the sport’s most legendary competitors after winning four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.
Jesse Owens, son of a sharecropper and grandson of a slave, achieved what no Olympian before him had accomplished. Jesse Owens won no less than four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin. In the process, he became one of the most important and memorable Olympic athletes of all time.
Some might argue for Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps when it comes to selecting the greatest male Olympian of all time – but arguably nobody made a greater impact, or personified Olympic values, than Jesse Owens. An astonishingly gifted athlete who excelled in the 100m, 200m, long jump and relay, Owens’ track record speaks for itself.
Jesse Owens was a record-setting track and field athlete who transcended sports and triumphed over discrimination. As depicted in the movie Race, Owens captivated the world’s attention through his exceptional performances at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Jesse Owens proved him wrong and... sealed his place in Olympic history by becoming the most successful athlete of the 1936 Games. Owens also became the first American to win four track and field gold medals at a single Olympics (100m, 200m, 4x100m relay and long jump), a record that stood unbroken for 48 years.
Jesse Owens was the second youngest of the 11 children of an impoverished Alabama sharecropper; when he was nine, the family moved to Cleveland. Owens first showed his outstanding sporting talent at East Tech High School in Cleveland and then attended The Ohio State University.
Feb 11, 2016 · There is no way to ignore the “movie-ness” of Race, the director Stephen Hopkins’s triumphal portrait of the track-and-field wunderkind (so to speak) Jesse Owens, who took four gold medals at the...
Mar 30, 1980 · Jesse Owens returned home from the Berlin 1936 Olympic Games with four gold medals but no guarantees for his future prosperity. From working at a petrol station to racing against amateurs for cash, he endured many tough times, but eventually the man from Alabama reaped some reward for his brilliance and bravery.
Jesse Owens, whose four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin made him perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history, died of lung cancer yesterday in Tucson,...
