Track and field athlete Jesse Owens was already a phenom by the time he qualified for the 1936 Berlin Olympics. But his performance at those Summer Games was even more noteworthy, particularly against ...

African American athlete Jesse Owens rose to international stardom after winning four gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. History Channel’s new documentary “Triumph: Jesse ...

The two men came from very different backgrounds. Owens was a Black American and Long was a White German living in Nazi Germany. Given the circumstances of the 1936 Olympics, a level of hostility ...

As “Twelfth Night” tells us, some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them—all of which might apply to Jesse Owens, whose story gets retold whenever the Summer ...

The 1936 Berlin Olympics was the start of a long-lasting bond between the families of American track and field legend Jesse Owens and German long jumper, Carl Ludwig Hermann "Luz" Long. Owens' ...

American Jesse Owens’ achievements at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin — he won four gold medals in the 100 meters, the 200m, the 4x100m relay, and the long jump — made him a track and field great.Related ...