jesse owens

     

In 1982 a street outside Berlin's Olympic Stadium was renamed in his honor

Trivia about jesse owens

  • He said, "I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, but I wasn't invited to...shake hands with the president, either"
  • (Mike and Mike in the ESPN studio deliver the clue)"The most amazing Olympic event ever? It's the U.S. hockey team's "Miracle on Ice" in 1980.""Well, that was a good one, but what about this man's 4-gold-medal-winning performance in Berlin in 1936 that gave Hitler fits"
  • In addition to winning 4 gold medals, he set 3 Olympic records at the 1936 Olympics
  • At the 1936 Berlin games, he ran a 10.3 in the 100 meters, tying the Olympic record
  • 1936:Men's Track & Field 100 Meters
  • In 1936 this American tied or set 3 Olympic records in individual track & field events
  • In 1976 this track star who won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Olympics was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
  • At a 1935 college track meet, he broke 3 world records & tied a fourth; then it was on to the Berlin Olympics
  • He stunned the Nazis by winning 4 gold medals at the 1936 Olympics
  • At the 1936 Summer Olympics, he ran a record 20.7 seconds in the 200 Meters
  • This amazingly swift of foot Olympian won 4 gold medals between August 1 & 16, 1936
  • On May 25, 1935 he tied or set 6 track & field records--the most ever in one day
  • The Associated Press named him Male Athlete of the Year after he won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Olympics
  • He's the multiple gold medal-winning Olympian seen here
  • In 1936 he got right in Der Fuhrer's face with an Olympic victory in the 100 meters
  • He had 6 older brothers to go along with 4 gold medals from the 1936 Olympics