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Jesse Owens was born on 12 September 1913 in Oakville, Alabama
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James Cleveland Owens (September 12, 1913 - March 31, 1980) was an African-American athlete and civic leader. James Owens was most famous for his participation in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany where he put the lie to Adolf Hitler's claims of German "Aryan superiority" by winning four gold medals and becoming the star of the games.
James Owens setting the world record in the long jump at the University of Michigan in 1935 () He was born in Oakville, Alabama and grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. He was given the name Jesse by a Cleveland teacher who did not understand his accent when he said his initials were J.C.
In a span of 45 minutes on May 25, 1935 at the Big Ten meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan, James Owens set world records in the long jump, 220-yard dash, and the 220-yard low hurdles and tied the record for the 100-yard dash. |
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