Jesse owens (19 13 ~ 1980) is an American male sprinter. 1913 was born in Dainville, Alabama on September 2nd and died in Arizona on March 3rd1980.
/kloc-at the age of 0/5, he showed amazing talent in sprint. In a 100 meter race, he ran with the wind 10 second.
19 years old tied the world record of 100 yards (1 yard = 0.9 144 meters) in the middle school sports meeting. 1935 At the Universiade held in ann arbor, five world records were broken.
Among them, the world record of 8.13m long jump has been maintained for 25 years. 1936 The 1st1/Olympic Games,100m, 200m, 4x100m relay and long jump.
Jesse owens was awarded the Olympic silver medal by the International Olympic Committee. 1955 ambassador-level official in charge of sports in the State Council, USA. 1980 was rated as one of the best athletes in the 20th century by European and American newspapers. JESSEOWENS is an American black track and field star and the greatest athlete in modern Olympic history.
Owens 19 13 September 12 was born in a cotton farmer's family in the southern United States, and was a descendant of black slaves. He was born with a talent for sports, but he didn't get a chance to play sports until he moved to Cleveland at the age of 9. Forced by his poor family, he chose running and jumping instead of spending money on sports equipment. Known as "black lightning" and "brown shells".
On March 3rd1980, Owens died of cancer at the age of 67.
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May 25th 1935, broke five events in a row and tied the world record in 45 minutes, creating an unprecedented record in the world track and field history. At the Berlin Olympic Games, he won four gold medals in100m, 200m, long jump and 4x100m relay, and became the number one hero in the competition.
His 100-meter record of 9.4 seconds has been kept 19 years, and the world record of 8-meter long jump 13 has been sleeping for 25 years, and he is known as "the best track and field athlete of this century". Thus becoming a legendary figure widely praised by people.
19 years old, tied the world record with 9.4 seconds 100 yards. Later, I studied under the famous coach L Knittel and got systematic training. Owens' competition is a high combination of strength and beauty, and its external characteristics are high relaxation and coordination.
1935, at the University Sports Meeting in ann arbor, USA, he created a miracle of breaking and tying six world records in 45 minutes, among which the long jump record of 8. 13 meters was maintained for 25 years.
1At the 1 1 Olympic Games held in Berlin in 1936, Owens won100m (10second 3), 200m (20second 7, Olympic record), long jump (8.06m) and 4x/0second 3.
At this Olympic Games, Owens not only created a miracle that shocked the world sports, but more importantly, he strongly countered Hitler's racial discrimination with amazing achievements and greatly inspired peace-loving people all over the world. After the Berlin Olympics, Owens, like other black athletes, did not escape the fate of unemployment.
In order to make a living, he had to race with cars, motorcycles and even horses with humiliation, and his life was very embarrassing. Since 1950s, he has been active in international sports for many times as an envoy of the Olympic Movement and made outstanding contributions to the development of the Olympic Movement. 1976 The International Olympic Committee awarded him a silver medal in the Olympic Games.
Twenty famous newspapers on five continents also rated him as "the best athlete in the world in this century" (second only to the ball king Bailey).
In order to commemorate this immortal athlete in the history of modern sports, the United States established the "jesse owens Prize" on 1980 to commend and reward outstanding athletes who have made outstanding contributions to contemporary sports. 1936, Hitler announced the start of the Olympic Games to120,000 audience in Berlin. He wants to use the world-famous Olympic Games to prove the superiority of Aryans.
Baidu Encyclopedia-1936 Heroes of Berlin Olympic Games