What is Jesse Owens famous for?

Answer 1

Jesse Owens was a super-sprinting track star in the 1930s. In the Olympics in Germany, he beat the best of the German 'super men' of Adolf Hitler, which made Mr. Owens a hero to the rest of the world.

He was a Track and Field athlete

He humiliated Hitler in the Berlin Olympics by proving that aryans weren't the perfect race

Answer 2

Jesse Owens was a black athlete from the U.S.A , in the Munich games he became the first athlete to win 4 medals (Carl Lewis later equaled it.) This was an embarrassment to Hitler, who's subtext of the 1936 games was to demonstrate "Aryan superiority". Hitler was especially infuriated by the silver medal winning blond, Nordic German man, who, after Owens won his fourth medal, grabbed Owens' hand, held it aloft, and shouted "Jesssseee Owwensss! True story, reported by all of the news media of that time.

Answer 3

Winning 4 gold medals at he 1936 Olympic games.

Answer 4

Jesses major accomplishments were being the first african american to be a track and field champion

Answer 5

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