The story Of the Olympic star Jesse Cleveland Owens explaining his childhood life, achievements, and awards Jesse as earned, and what happened after the Olympics.Although Jesse Owens was an Olympic star He was born in Oakville, Alabama with 9 other siblings.Owens family struggled with racism, although it inspired him to become a superior to athlete.Jesse Owens Is a great athlete in history because of his childhood, awards and achievements he earned and what happened after the Olympics.
Jesse Owens was originally born as James Cleveland Owens in Oakville Alabama. He was the youngest of ten children. 'Jesse later termed ''a master teacher''.''The instructor cured Jesse of his lifelong problem with stuttering and taught him to emulate those
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who spoke well''(''Living with Discrimination''). This evidence is important because even though Jesse Owens was a great runner he suffered from a stuttering problem. It shows how Jesse Owens didn't let his stuttering problem get in the way of him becoming the best runner, and being successful. ''he developed a large fibrous bump on his chest that began to painfully press against his lungs. Unable to afford a doctor to remove it, his parents decided to perform the surgery on their own. As Owens bit down hard on a leather strap, his mother used a sterilized kitchen knife to carve into her son's chest and remove a golf-ball sized growth. Owens suffered a great loss of blood but survived''(''Childhood and life''). This shows how Jesse's family couldn't afford a doctor to cure his problem.But his mom did anything to assist her son feel to superior to and to live. This shows how Jesse's family didn't let discrimination cause them not to care for their children especially their ''Gift Child''. ''Jesse broke two Olympic records along the way, Owens record for the world broad jump would last 25 years until being broken by olympian Irvin Roberson''(''1936 Olympic Games''). Even though Jesse Owens record was broken By Irvin Roberson.
It took 25 years just for one person to even break Jesse Owens record. Jesse was still a great runner and continued to become superior to every meet. He won two events at the AAU championships and three events at the Olympic trials, his record stood at the participating in 42 events and winning them all''(''Childhood & early life''). Winning 42 events is a great way of being noticed in amount of other track meets that Jesse Owens competed in. Jesse had become even big ten conference track and field championships at the University of Michigan in 1935, Jesse broke three world records and tied another one''(''Record Setter and Olympian''). Jesse wasn't even out of high school and, he was already at the big ten conference and breaking records of his own that no one could really break his records. .' ‘'After the Olympics Jesse Owens was still struggling for money and often raced against horses, motorcycles and dogs for money. Owen's response, when asked about these races, was, "I had four gold medals, but you can't eat four gold medals"(''Jesse Owens facts''). Even though Jesse Owens left the Olympics with records that were broken. He still had to figure out a way how he was going to earn money even if it took him racing against horses.'' in 1939 Owens filed for personal bankruptcy, He also owed money to the Internal Revenue Service for failing to pay taxes on income earned after the Berlin Olympics''(''Kevlin Haire''). Jesse's work did pay off but concurrently he has to focus on his responsibilities as paying taxes. Not being in a habit of filing bankruptcy every time he has to pay for something''After the Olympics: Owens found Jesse Owen cleaner''(''childhood and life''). Even after the Olympics, Jesse found a way to make money to provide for himself and pay for the things that need to be paid off since he was in the
Olympics. Jesse Owens had it hard during his childhood life, but not so hard in earning his awards and achievements and after the Olympics. Jesse Owens and his family had it hard during his childhood, but his parents would do anything to make their children life superior to, and would push Jesse to be a great runner by having him start running when he was in the fifth grade. Even after the Olympics, Jesse was having trouble with finance. He still found ways to make it through paying off bankruptcy. Jesse Owens had a large impact on athletes even today to make athletes realize they can be as successful as him.
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James Cleveland Owens otherwise known as “Jesse” was an Olympic long jumper and sprinter whose speed and inspirational defiance of Hitler shocked the world. The 1936 Olympics were held in Berlin and Adolf Hitler of the Nazi party believed that these Olympic Games would showcase the great skill of the Aryan (Caucasian) race, and the last person he would expect to show him up would be an African-American man (Barnes 1). With sixty-six U.S. Olympic contestants competing in the Games, the American race was really put on the spot in front of Hitler, the most powerful man in the world (Smith 1). Jesse Owens was one of these men, and while being laughed at by Hitler during his one hundred meter sprint against six other Caucasian sprinters, he won by a landslide. With that victory and his other three Olympic gold medals the Owens name was able to be remembered and looked up to for eternity. Jessie Owens is such a great athlete and individual because he defied Adolf Hitler, achieved more than expected of himself, and broke records with ease.
Owens choose Ohio State University because he did not want to leave his struggling family. He worked 3 different jobs to pay his tuition. He knew what hard work was on and off the family. In 1935, at the Big Ten track and field championships Owens broke 3 world records and tied another. Jesse Owens knew what hard work and determination meant. So, he grew as a runner and was going to go the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Jesse Owens was a great african american man who helped change the way people look at the african american these days. Without him the track and field sport would have probably taken great deal more time to change from white only to runners of all colors . Jesse Owens grew up poor, but he had the abilities to succeed with his great athletic talents. "The recognition received from his athletic accomplishments enabled him to become well known and promoted the understanding that African Americans are just as capable as any other individual." Jesse Owens was an African American athlete who ran in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. After his track and field career, Owens went back to his home town, Cleveland,
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