jesse owens
jesses Owens
African-American athlete Jessie Owens upset Hitler's plans to show of the superiority of Germany and the Arian race at the 1936 Olympics. Owens became the biggest star of those games, capturing 4 gold medals.
Jesse Owens, from Ohio, just because he was African-American.
Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens
At the time of the Berlin Olympics, Hitler and the Nazi's were rapidly gaining a lot of support and followers. Germany's super star at the Olympics at the time was a man called Lutz Lang and Hitler thought that he could use him to prove to the German the meaning of the 'pure Aryan race' as Lang had blue eyes and perfect blond hair, with no impurities. To Gobbles, Hitler's propagandist, this seemed like a perfect scenario. However, throughout the Olympic games, an African American athlete called Jesse Owens had won a series of events along with the other members in his team and he was branded as 'racially inferior' by the Nazi's and Hitler because of his race and ethnicity. As Hitler was chancellor at the time, he had the job of awarding the medals and when Jesse Owens had won a gold medal, Hitler refused to put it around his neck due to his skin colour.
The1936 Berlin Olympics were supposed to be the showcase of "Aryan superiority". American track star Jess Owens, an African-American, won almost every race he was in handily, most against a young German man who was supposedly the best in the world. This young German athlete was apolitical, and when Owens got his gold medal for one event, the German held Owens hand aloft, and shouted to the audience: "Jesssseeee Owweeeens!!" Hitler was furious, and refused to shake Owens' hand.
i would say Jesse Owens. He was the first black athlete to stand up against hitler in the berlin olympics and he won 4 gold medals. He stood up for racism and to hitler, who dissaproved of him
Hitler was actually very polite during public appearances; during the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Jessie Owens (A black athlete, very controversial at the time) described Hitler as a gentleman, pointing out that the Fuhrer waved to him during the medal ceremony.
The first African American Olympian to win a gold medal in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, defying Adolf Hitler's beliefs, was Jesse Owens. He achieved this feat by winning four gold medals in track and field events, including the 100-meter, 200-meter, long jump, and 4x100-meter relay. His victories were a significant milestone in challenging racial discrimination and promoting equality in sports.
Jesse Owens was the first African-American to run track in the Olympics. Hitler said that the Germans would win the most medals, so he challenged Jesse and Jesse proved him wrong by winning four gold medals.A Gold Medal winner and the fastest man on earth. Well who was on earth.and also was the first african american thank u very muchJames Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American Track and Field athlete. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals: one each in the 100 meters, the 200 meters, the long jump, and as part of the 4x100 meter relay team.
Germany hosted the Olympics in 1936 when Hitler was the leader of Germany.