jesse owens was the first black american athlete to win four consecutive gold medals at the Olympics and do a black salute instead of the normal nazi salute at the time. He recieved no reward for this and was forgotten in society
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∙ 14y agoJesse Owens participated in the 100, 200, long jump, and the 4 x 100 relay in the 1936 Olympics and won a gold medal in all four.
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∙ 13y agoWhat Jesse did in his life was that he liked to run all the time and he won four gold medals in Berlin.
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∙ 11y ago1936, in the Summer Games held in Berlin, Germany. (He displeased Adolf Hitler, by disproving Hitler's theories about the "Master Race" as he defeated his German opponents.)
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∙ 12y agoHe went to the Olympics and got 3 gold medals. He was inspired that he wanted to do this ever since he realized he could do the 100 meter in 9.4 seconds.
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∙ 10y agoHe was the first black athlete to win the most medals
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∙ 10y agojesse owens won the olpics
Jesse Owens won gold medals in the Olympics and in Berlin. MORE: Hitler refused to give him his medals.
Sprinter
she is wierd
1936
jesse owen compete in the olympics in 1936 23rd of april
Jessie Owens went to the Olympics in the Berlin Games of 1936.
In the 1936 olympics in Berlin :P
Jesse Owens won his gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
jesse owens wanted to see the racism change
He was a track runner in the Olympics
1936