Jesse Owens became an international superstar at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, winning four gold medals. Owens claimed gold in ...
For most athletes, Jesse Owens' performance ... Owens won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics. But that was merely an appetizer for Owens. In one week in the summer of 1936, on the sacred ...
For Jesse Owens to do that in that time ... documentary "Triumph" – which details Owens' performance at the 1936 Summer Olympics and the discrimination Owens faced both at home and in Berlin.
Hitler was uninterested in hosting the Olympics until Minister for Public ... benched and replaced by African American athletes Jesse Owens and Ralph Metcalfe in the 400-meter relay.
Yet Jesse Owens' performances in the Berlin Olympics of 1936 were tainted and are remembered for so much more than his endeavours in athletics. Admittedly Owens was different to most of his rivals ...
ASHLAND The Highlands Museum and Discovery Center continues to celebrate the Olympic Games with the exhibit titled “The ...
Femke Bol of the Netherlands is ranked #2 in the world in track and field. But the greatest Dutch track athlete ever is named ...
THE sheer thrill and energy of a live football match is something that always gets the pulses racing. And few places do it ...
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — From Jesse Owens to Bob Beamon to Carl Lewis and plenty more, Americans have ruled the men's long jump throughout the history of the Summer Olympics, but there was no ...
In one week in the summer of 1936, on the sacred soil of the Fatherland, the master athlete humiliated the master race. Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Munich. Owens ...
