By: Robert Magee

This is Jesse Owens. The people called him the Olympic Legend because he was fast.

Jesse Owens was born in September 12, 1913 at Oakville, Alabama. He died on March 31,1980 at Tucson, Arizona.

Jesse Owens

This is Jesse Owens when he came in first place when he was little.

This is Jesse Owens’ running team.

This is Jesse Owens when he was older.

When Jesse Owens was old he liked to sing a lot.

When Jesse Owens was young.

Jesse Owens was the seventh of eleven children. Jesse was nine when his parents moved to Cleveland. His nickname was J.C.

How he became famous.

Jesse is famous because he thought he had a passion for running, so he tried running and he was fast and good. So when he was in college a lot of colleges wanted Jesse for running. And because he won 4 olympic gold medals.

This is Jesse in college

In college he attended Ohio State.

This is Jesse getting ready to run.

HurdlesThis is Jesse jumping a hurdle when he was running.

I learned that Jesse was very fast and that people called him a Olympic legend. I also learned that in college he attended Ohio State.

Berlin Olympics When Jesse went to the Berlin Olympics

in 1936, Hitler saw him and thought no black man could win anything. But then when Jesse was racing he was winning and he didn’t slow down or look back. When he was close to the finish line he started sprinting.

When Jesse came in first place, Hitler was ashamed and didn’t want to give the medal to Jesse. Hitler was embarrassed because he was racist. Hitler didn’t want any black man to win, but Jesse did it and won. Now everyone knows anybody could win.

Medals

This is a Medal Jesse won.

Another medal Jesse won.

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