Jesse Owens athlete runner sprinter track fastest man
Jesse James Cleveland Owens was an American athlete He was born in 1913 at Danville Alabama and died in 1980 In 1935 he equalled or broke six world records in 45 minutes and in 1936 won four gold medals 100 and 200 metres long jump and 4 x 100 metres relay at the Olympic Games in Berlin The success in Berlin of Owens as a black man outraged Hitler who was conspicuously absent when Owens s medals were presented
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