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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.
Mar 7, 2012 · USA's Jesse Owens (© Getty Images) Jesse Owens will always be remembered for his symbolic four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. However, for athletics fans he has a special place among the legends of the sport for two additional feats: setting six world records within one hour and also establishing a long jump world record that ...
Aug 8, 2016 · To the dismay of Hitler and the Nazis, Owens went on to win four gold medals — in the long jump, 100-meter dash, the 200-meter dash and the 4x100 meter relay — more than any other American ...
Jesse Owens: The Superior Sprinter. The performance of Jesse Owens at the Berlin Games is well known and rightfully acclaimed. He not only dominated the sprint competition, garnering three gold medals (he won a fourth in the long jump) and earning the title of “fastest man in the world,” but he also was credited with punching a hole in Nazi ...
2 days ago · American Jesse Owens’ achievements at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin – he won four gold medals in the 100 meters, the 200m, the 4x100m relay and the long jump – made him a track and field great.
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, Ariz. He was 66 years old. In Berlin, Mr. Owens, who was black, scored a triumph that would come to be regarded as not only athletic but also political.
James Cleveland „Jesse“ Owens (12. září 1913 Oakville, Alabama – 31. března 1980 Tucson, Arizona) byl americký vrcholový atlet, sprinter a dálkař. Zúčastnil se Letních olympijských her v Berlíně v roce 1936 , kde dosáhl mezinárodní slávy, když získal celkem čtyři zlaté medaile: v běhu na 100 metrů a na 200 metrů, ve skoku dalekém a jako člen vítězné ...
