Jesse Owens’ achievements at 1936 Olympics were ‘thumb in the eye’ to Adolf Hitler, says US athlete’s grandson
American Jesse Owens’ achievements at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin – he won four gold medals in the 100 meters ... and the ...
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Owens pierced a myth
Jesse Owens' performance one spring afternoon in 1935 would be the accomplishment of a lifetime. In 45 minutes, he established three world records and tied another. Owens won four gold medals in ...
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Jesse Owens' gold medal that enraged Hitler expected to fetch $1m at auction
Video: Jesse Owens 1936 Olympic gold medal that enraged Hitler up goes up for auction more than 70 years on One of the four gold medals won by African-American athlete Jesse Owens at the 1936 ...
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The Underside of Fame: Cleveland native Jesse Owens achieved Olympic glory in Berlin, but still couldn't outrun racism
but also when and how he did it. His was a golden story of the 1936 Olympics in Germany. Jesse Owens won four gold medals in track, all of this a year after breaking three track world records and ...
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Owens pierced a myth
Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the ... "I had four gold medals, but you can't eat four gold medals." Not until the fifties did he achieve financial security, becoming a public speaker for ...