Jesse Owens

  • Born in 1913 in Alabama                                                                                                    wpe8.jpg (4000 bytes)

  • Moved to Cleveland when he was eight

  • Attended Ohio State and was an All-American

  • May 25, 1935 - Big Ten Conference Champion, broke 3 world records and tied a fourth

  • 1936 Berlin Olympics - won four gold medals: 100m - 10.3s(tying world record), 200m - 20.1s(olympic record), 400m relay - first leg 139.8s(olympic and world record), long jump - 26'5"(olympic record)

  • Died March 31, 1980 at 66 due to cancer in Tuscon                          

 

 

              

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