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.
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Birth date
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Birth Place
Lawrence County, Alabama
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Nickname
The Buckeye Bullet
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Height
5' 10"
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Weight
165 lbs
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Occupation
Track star, sports promoter, motivational speaker
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Fact:
Son of a sharecropper and the grandson of a slave
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Fact:
Voted the AP greatest track and field star for the first half of the 20th century
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Fact:
A street in Berlin was renamed in his honor
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