JESSE OWENS

1976

AMERICAN GOVERNMENT RECOGNISED HIM LATER

HE WENT TO WORK IN COTTON FIELDS (AGED 7)

SUCCESFUL ATHLETE AT SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY

WAS BORN

DIED IN 1980

ALABAMA (USA) IN 1913

TO A POOR FAMILY

WHEN HE WAS 9 HE MOVED TO CLEVELAND AND STARTED SCHOOL

JAMES CLEVELAND OWENS

RELAY

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VERY POPULAR ATHLETE

1936

BERLIN OLYMPICS: HE WON 4 GOLD MEDALS

200 METRES

400 METRES

100 METRES

HE WON THE :

HE ALSO WON

THE LONG JUMP

1935 OWEN'S WORLD RECORD

DURING THE BERLIN OLYMPICS :

SAME HOTEL AS ALL THE OTHER WHITE ATHLETES

THIS WAS SOMETHING HE COULDN'T DO AT HOME

WHEN OWENS WENT BACK HOME HAD DIFFICULTY FINDING WORK

GERMAN PEOPLE ENJOYED JESSE'S PERFORMANCE

BECAME THE FAMOUS COMPANY ADIDAS

BECAUSE ASKED JESSE TO WEAR RUNNING SHOES HIS COMPANY MADE

'ADI' DASSLER

HE RACED AGAINST CARS, DOGS AND HORSES

TO EARN MONEY

PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM

ANGRY AT THE REACTIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE USA

40 YEARS AFTER THE BERLIN OLYMPICS