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Bookmark or Share- Jesse Owens Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family Life & AchievementsJesse Owens was a legendary track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Check this biography to know in details about his life, childhood, profile and timeline.
- Jesse Owens - WikipediaJames 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 ]
- Jesse Owens | Biography, Olympics, Medals, & Facts | BritannicaJesse Owens was an American track-and-field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. His Olympic victories were a blow to Adolf Hitler’s intention to use the Games to demonstrate Aryan superiority.
- Jesse Owens: Olympic Triumphs and Olympic-Sized Struggles - BiographyJesse Owens, a record-breaking Olympic sprinter and the best athlete of his time, spent much of his life struggling with issues of race. Unlike other athletes of his era, Owens'...
- Jesse Owens: Biography, Athlete, Olympian, 1936 OlympicsJesse Owens is generally considered the greatest track and field athlete in history—and one of the greatest athletes, period. His athletic career began in high school, and he...
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