Jesse Owens

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above, he was excellent in the broad jump, the one-hundred meter dash,
and the two-hundred meter dash. He loved running when he was young, he said “
...it would always get me where I was going...” He would always run. He then
went on to attend Ohio State University and there he set the new worlds record
for the broad jump at the length of 26 feet and one forth inch. Going on to the
next year he set another worlds record for the one-hundred meter dash at the
time of 10.2 seconds. He then was so good he went on to the 1936 Olympics as a
member of the U S Olympic team, the games were held in Berlin, Germany where
blacks were not accepted as well as whites and because of that Reichfuekrer
Adolf Hitler did not acknowledge the achievements that he did perform, despite
his athletic ability. He won four Olympic gold medals in the 200 and 100 meter
dash, the broad jump, and also the 400 meter relay with the other four people
that ran with him. He was one of the four Americans who have ...

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