Jesse Owens set three world records and tied a fourth in 45 minutes at a 1935 track meet, despite a painful back injury. A year later, the American sprinter and long jumper won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, competing in Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler's gaze. Born into a sharecropping family in Alabama, Owens grew up in poverty and moved with his family to Ohio as a child. After his Olympic triumph, he struggled to earn a living from athletics and sometimes raced against horses for money.
1913 to 1980 · sprinter and long jumper · American · 0 quotes on Great Quotes Online
