Jesse Owens

James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – Mairch 31, 1980) wis an American track an field athlete an fower-time Olympic gowd medalist in the 1936 gemmes.

Jesse Owens

[[File:|border|frameless|upright=1.1]] Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin
Personal information
Full name	James Cleveland Owens
Born	September 12, 1913 Oakville, Alabama, U.S.
Dee'd	31 Mairch 1980(1980-03-31) (aged 66) Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Alma mater	Ohio State Varsity
Hicht	5 ft 10 3⁄4 in (180 cm)[1]
Wecht	165 lb (75 kg)
Sport
Sport	Track an field
Event(s)	Sprint, Long jump
Medal record Men's track an field Representin the  Unitit States Olympic Games 1936 Berlin 100 m 1936 Berlin 200 m 1936 Berlin 4×100 m relay 1936 Berlin Lang jump

Owens specialised in the sprints an the lang jump an wis recognised in his lifetime as "perhaps the greatest an maist famous athlete in track an field history".^[2] His achievement o setting three world records an tying another in less nor an oor at the 1935 Big Ten track meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan, haes been called "the greatest 45 minutes ever in sport"^[3] an has nevir been equalled. At the 1936 Simmer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, Owens wan internaitional fame wi fower gowd medals: 100 meters, 200 meters, lang jump, an 4 × 100 meter relay. He was the most successfu athlete at the games an as such hes been creditit wi "single-handedly crush[in] Hitler's meeth o Aryan supremacy."^[4]

The Jesse Owens Awaird is USA Track and Field's heichest accolade for the year's best track an field athlete. Owens wis ranked bi ESPN as the saxt greatest North American athlete o the twentiet century an the heichest-ranked in his sport.^[5]

References

1. Edmondson, Jacqueline (2007). Jesse Owens: A Biography. USA: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 29. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
2. Litsky, Frank (1980), Jesse Owens Dies Of Cancer at 66, New York Times, retrieved 23 Mairch 2014
3. Rothschild, Richard (24 Mey 2010). "Greatest 45 minutes ever in sports". Sports Illustrated.com. Retrieved 23 Mairch 2014.
4. Schwartz, Larry (2000). "Owens Pierced A Myth". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Archived frae the original on 6 Julie 2000. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
5. "Top N. American athletes of the century". ESPN.com. Retrieved 23 Mairch 2014.