Owens

(ō′ənz)

Owens, Jesse (born James Cleveland Owens) 1913-80; U.S. track-and-field athlete

See Owens in American Heritage Dictionary 4

American track star. He won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics, upsetting Adolf Hitler's plans to use the games as evidence of Aryan superiority.

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