Jesse Owens

Also known as James Cleveland Owens, James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens

American track and field athlete (1913–1980)

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Jesse Owens was an American track and field athlete who lived from 1913 to 1980 and became one of the most celebrated sprinters and long jumpers of his era. His athletic achievements and public prominence made him a significant figure in sports history during a pivotal period in American society.

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Vinony's link graph records 1,458 inbound references to Jesse Owens, and connects out to African Americans, 200 metres and United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee.

Vinony files it under 1913 births, 1980 deaths and 20th-century African-American sportsmen.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 9

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Chronicle of a Different State of Mind
I have changed
Blackthink; My Life As Black Man and White Man
Poetry Swept Underneath the Rug
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Acting · Oakville, Alabama, USA

James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games. Owens specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as "perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history". He set three world records and tied another, all in less than an hour, at…

Known for

The U.S. and the Holocaust — Self (archive footage)2022
Explained — Self - Four-Time Olympic Gold Medalist (archive footage)2018
Der wahre Champion: Siegen mit Hightech — Self (archive footage)2016
Jesse Owens et Luz Long : le temps d'une étreinte — Self (archive footage)2015
Jesse Owens — Self (archive footage)2012
Black Power Salute — Self (archive footage)2008
The Olympic Series: Golden Moments 1920 - 2002 — Self2004
Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games — Self (archive footage)1999
Hitler's Forgotten Victims — Self (achive footage)1997
The Record Breakers — Self (archive footage)1991

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1913
Active to: 1980

bakersfield soundcountryhonky tonk

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Listeners: 215
Total plays: 733

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Quotes

“The road to the Olympics, leads to no city, no country. It goes far beyond New York or Moscow, ancient Greece or Nazi Germany. The road to the Olympics leads — in the end — to the best within us.”
“It took a lot of courage for him to befriend me in front of Hitler... You can melt down all the medals and cups I have and they wouldn't be a plating on the 24-karat friendship I felt for Lutz Long at that moment. Hitler must have gone crazy watching us embrace. The sad part of the story is I never saw Long again. He was killed in World War II.”
“When I came back to my native country, after all the stories about Hitler, I couldn't ride in the front of the bus. I had to go to the back door. I couldn't live where I wanted. I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, but I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President, either.”
“I'm old now. It's all right.”
“The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself — the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us — that's where it's at.”
“People say that it was degrading for an Olympic champion to run against a horse, but what was I supposed to do? I had four gold medals, but you can't eat four gold medals. There was no television, no big advertising, no endorsements then. Not for a black man, anyway.”

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Official website

Jesse Owens | Official Website | Track & Field Olympic Athlete

The Official Website of Jesse Owens, an African-American track and field Olympic athlete.

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Wikidata facts

Mass: 71
Official website: www.jesseowens.com
Image: Jesse Owens 1936.jpg
Height: 178

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Commons category: Jesse Owens
date of birth: 1913-09-12
date of death: 1980-03-31
Commons gallery: Jesse Owens
nickname: The Buckeye Bullet

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Encyclopedic overview

James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who made history at the 1936 Olympic Games by winning four gold medals, setting Olympic records in each event. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest athletes in track and field history.

Owens excelled in events like short sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as "perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history". He won four events, set five world records and tied another—all in less than an hour, at the 1935 Big Ten Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a feat that has never been equaled and has been called "the greatest 45 minutes ever in sport". He won four NCAA titles in both 1935 and 1936, bringing his total to eight—an unparalleled achievement that remains unmatched to this day.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jesse Owens” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.