Biography of jesse owen
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Jesse Owens
American track and field athlete (1913–1980)
For the documentary film, see Jesse Owens (American Experience).
Owens at the 1936 Summer Olympics, where he won four Olympic gold medals | |
| Full name | James Cleveland Owens |
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| Born | (1913-09-12)September 12, 1913 Oakville, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | March 31, 1980(1980-03-31) (aged 66) Tucson, Arizona, U.S. |
| Resting place | Oak Woods Cemetery Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Education | Ohio State University, Fairmont Junior High School, East Technical High School[1] |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)[2] |
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) |
| Spouse | M. Ruth Solomon (m. 1935) |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event(s) | Sprint, Long jump |
| Personal best(s) | 60 yd: 6.1 100 yd: 9.4 100 m: 10.2 200 m: 20.7 220 yd: 20.3 |
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.[3]
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".[4] He set three world records and tied another, all in less than
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OWENS, JESSE
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Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens when he won four Olympic gold medals in 1936 | |
| Full name | James Cleveland Owens |
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| Born | September 12, 1913 Oakville, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | March 31, 1980(1980-03-31) (aged 66) Tucson, Arizona, U.S. |
| Education | Ohio State University, Fairmont Junior High School, East Technical High School |
| Height | 5 ft 10+3⁄4 in (180 cm) |
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event(s) | Sprint, Long jump |
James Cleveland Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American athlete. He was from Oakville, Alabama and moved to Cleveland, Ohio. He won four NCAA Championships in 1935 and 1936. At the 1936 Summer Olympics, he won gold medals in the 100 meters, 200 meters, long jump and 4x100 relay.[1] He died of lung cancer in Tucson, Arizona.
Early years
[change | change source]Owens was born in Oakville, Alabama and moved to Cleveland, Ohio when he was nine years old as the seventh of the eleven children of Henry and Emma Owens. Owens was the grandson of a slave and the son of a sharecropper. He was often sick with what his mother reportedly called "the devil's cold". He was given the name Jesse by a teacher in Cleveland who did not understand his accent when the young boy s