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James 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]
The male athlete of the year award was named Jesse Owens Award. [1] As the country's highest award for the sport, it bears Jesse Owens 's name in recognition of his significant career, which included four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games . [ 2 ]
Owens, however, fouled in his first two jumps in the qualifying round; he needed a successful jump, of at least 7.15 metres, to advance to the semifinal round. In the 1964 documentary Jesse Owens Returns to Berlin, Owens relates a story that Long came over to offer advice before Owens's third jump. According to the story, Long said that Owens ...
The horse is needed to race against Jesse Owens, Olympic Champion.” Berlin, 1936: Jesse Owens of the USA in action in the men’s 200 meter at the Summer Olympic Games. Owens won four gold medals.
For the second consecutive year, Ohio State's Jesse Owens won championships in four individual events—the 100-meter sprint, the 200-meter sprint, the 220-yard low hurdles and the broad jump (now called the long jump). Owens accounted for more than half of Ohio State's points (40 of 73) in the team scoring.
Jesse Owens: Olympic Track and Field Athlete [30] Arthur Rubinstein: WD: Classical Pianist [31] [11] Iorwith Wilbur Abel: 1977 3rd President of the United Steelworkers: John Bardeen: 2x Nobel Prize Winning Physicist & Engineer: Irving Berlin: Composer & Songwriter [31] Norman Borlaug: Nobel Prize Winning Agronomist & Leader of the Green ...
The Jesse Owens International Trophy is an annual sports award that is given out by the International Athletic Association (IAA), named after Olympic sprinter Jesse Owens. [ a ] It has been awarded annually since 1981, with the exception of a ten-year break from 2004 to 2014. [ 1 ]
The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was won by 0.4 seconds by American Jesse Owens, with silver going to Mack Robinson (brother of baseball's Jackie Robinson). [2] Owens thus reached 3 gold medals in 1936 (along with the 100 metres and long jump), with the sprint relay still to ...