Guide Note: Jesse Owens was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany; one each in the 100 meters, the 200 meters, the long jump, and as part of the 4x100 meter relay team.
Fast Facts:
- Birth date: September 12, 1913
- Nickname: The Buckeye Bullet
- Height: 5' 10"
- Weight: 165 lbs
- Occupation: Track star, sports promoter, motivational speaker
- Son of a sharecropper and the grandson of a slave
- Voted the AP greatest track and field star for the first half of the 20th century
- A street in Berlin was renamed in his honor
- Death date: March 31, 1980
