Jessie Owens won how many Gold Medals in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany?

Born - Jessie Cleveland Owens (September 12, 1913 to March 31, 1980).

Representing the United States 1936 Olympics. Sport - Track and Field and Long Jump.

Jesse Owens was an American athlete and 'Four time Olympic Gold Medalist'. Owens specialized in sprints, the long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as 'perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history'.

At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, Owens won international fame with four Gold Medals, in the 100 meter, the 200 meter, the 4 x 100 meter relay and the long jump. He was the most successful athlete at the games. And as such, has been credited with 'single-handedly crushing Hitler's myth of Aryan Supremacy'.

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Cindy Crowther

So Hitler had egg on his face after the Olympics. Good for Jesse Owens for putting it there!

Theda Davis

I shamefully got it wrong. Jesse Owens was celebrated during the Olympics but sadly treated like all other 'colored people' when he got home.

Janice Fish

Raspberries to Hitler! What a great day for Jesse Owens!

DannyBoy

Got it. I remember old broadcast of those Olympics. He was really fast.

Richard D. Boyle

I was only two at the time but I know the story in great detail. My dad used it as an object lesson for me as I grew up. He wanted to impress on me the idea that people should be respected and celebrated for the quality of their accomplishments, for the caliber of their character and for the strength of their integrity regardless of their sex, race or nationality. He wanted to instill this in me before my mind became warped by the racial bigots of the day. He was a good man.

patrhea

Oh well I gave him a 5, and missed. He deserves a 5 anyway🇺🇸😉

Isabel Laing

I always remember him for proving Hitler wrong.

William Laughlin

Dennis Burnett, There was a typo in my previous comment. It should have been, "Etymologically the two words are unrelated. They are only phonetically similar but do NOT originate from the same forms.