Jesse Owens in 1936 |Full name||James Cleveland Owens|
|Born||September 12, 1913 Oakville, Alabama, USA |Died||March
31, 1980 Tucson, Arizona, USA |Height||5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)|
|Weight||165 lb (75 kg)| |Sport||Track and field athletics|
|Event(s)||Sprint, Long jump| James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens
(September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and
field athlete who specialized in the sprints and the long jump.
He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany,
where he achieved international fame by winning four gold
medals: one each in the 100 meters, the 200 meters, the long
jump, and as part of the 4x100 meter relay team. He was the most
successful athlete at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Owens was the
youngest of ten children, three girls and seven boys, born to
Henry Cleveland Owens and Mary Emma Fitzgerald in Oakville,
Alabama on September 12, 1913. J.C., as he was called, was nine
years old when the family moved to Cleveland, Ohio for better
opportunities, as part of the Great Migra