Hey guys just another blog post in this blog post at the start I seriously thought that Jesse Owen would be soooo boring I wanted to do Hitler,Hitler Youth or even the holocaust but you have to admit when you hear a unrecognized name compared the others,most would want to do the other ones. But after awhile I started to like him. On how in the 1936 olympics he won 4 gold medals for long jump which he jumped he reached 26 feet 5 5/16 inches….that’s insane here is a quote of his “One chance is all you need.” – From when he got 2 strikes then won the long jump in one try.
He also got a medal in the 200 meter dash,400 meter relay and in his 100 meter dash he finished his race in 10.3 seconds! Doing all that while he was getting disgraced because he was black.
Personal Life
James Cleveland Owens was born September 12, 1913 in Oakville, Alabama and died March 31, 1980 in Tucson, Arizona and buried in Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago.
Jesse Owens was son to a sharecropper named Henry Owens, which is basically someone rents you land that you farm on and they get a bunch of your crops and you just get enough to feed your family also he his grandfather was a slave. Jesse mothers name was Emma and had 6 brothers and sisters. He was also married to a woman named Ruth and had 3 kids named Gloria, Beverly and Marlene. He also went to Cleveland East Technical High School then to Ohio State University. Here is his U.S team.
Why was Jesse Owens important to World War 2?
Jesse Owens was part of world war 2 since he was competing in the 1936 Berlin Olympics following with the start of ww2 in 1939. Jesse Owens shocked the world in getting 4 gold medals and being the fastest person in the world. Hitler was the most surprised at this since he thought Germans were better than everybody else, so he thought they couldn’t be beaten because of that Hitler did not hand out medals for that to anyone but Germans, since they were different. But even all the conflict about him having black skin, and be different meaning he wasn’t even aloud to sleep in the same hotel as other white competition. He still didn’t care and just tried his hardest to win at his sports.
Jesse Owens also had a lot of quotes, these are the ones I liked.
“We all have dreams. In order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort.”
“Friendships are born on the field of athletic strife and the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.”
“Find the good. It’s all around you. Find it, showcase it and you’ll start believing it.”
“I always loved running – it was something you could do by yourself and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.”
“To a sprinter, the hundred-yard dash is over in three seconds, not nine or ten. The first ‘second’ is when you come out of the blocks. The next is when you look up and take your first few strides to attain gain position. By that time the race is actually about half over. The final ‘second’ – the longest slice of time in the world for an athlete – is that last half of the race, when you really bear down and see what you’re made of. It seems to take an eternity, yet is all over before you can think what’s happening.
Cole,
You share an important characteristic with Jesse – persistence. Even though you weren’t interested in this unknown athlete, you stuck with it, and looked what you gained!
Hitler’s poor behaviour towards Jesse only served to highlight what a determined athlete he was. By writing about him, you’ve helped carry that message forward. Well done!
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