JesseOwens.com - The Official Site of Jesse Owens

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News Former Olympian Remembers Owens 07-28-2008 Recently interviewed, John Lysak, age 93, talked of his experience at the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin. Full Story >> Biography His stunning victories and achievement of four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin has made him the best remembered of all Olympic athletes. Fast and fierce, Jesse Owens sprinted his way into the history ... (link)

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All time Dream Team: Track and Field
Published 8/8/2008 by Bill Fitzgerald at Fourth-Place Medal
... In the glamour boy category, we have 15 gold medalists to choose from and plenty of world record holders. I would love to go with Jesse Owens on historic value alone. Maurice Greene would be the best on pure speed ( ...

Cleveland Workers Olympiad
Published 8/10/2008 by Carolyn at And One - cleveland.com
... with this particular government hosting the games. Someone recently remarked privately to me that the Chinese government's record cannot possibly be worse than the German one in 1936. Which got me thinking. Who, if anyone, led protests while Jesse Owens , who lived in Cleveland from the age of nine, ran his heart out? Answer - Cleveland, of course. ...

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