Jesse Owens was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, in the 100 meters, 200 meters, long jump and 4x100 meter relay, held in Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler regime and its claims of Aryan racial superiority, a result widely regarded as a direct rebuttal of those claims. He also set several world records that stood for years afterward, including a long jump mark of 26 feet 8 and a quarter inches set in 1935 that stood for twenty five years.
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Career HighlightWon four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: the 100 meters, 200 meters, long jump and 4x100 meter relay. 1 Classification
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Won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
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1. International Olympic Committee, Official Olympic History Reference
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Jesse Owens was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, in the 100 meters, 200 meters, long jump and 4x100 meter relay, held in Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler regime and its claims of Aryan racial superiority, a result widely regarded as a direct rebuttal of those claims.
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1936 Berlin Summer Olympics section, long jump paragraphQuote, 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics section, long jump paragraph
He initially credited this achievement to the technical advice that he received from Luz Long, the German competitor whom he defeated, but later admitted that this was not true, as he and Long did not meet until after the competition.
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