Jesse Owens was a true hero disproving Hitler’s Aryan myth and one of the greatest athletes of all time. Not only the 4 golds in Berlin but perhaps the best 45 minutes in history when he set 4 world records at a track meet in Ann Arbor in that short time frame.
Cleveland played an important part of Jesse's life. At the age of nine, Jesse and his family moved to Cleveland from Alabama and first came to national attention when he was a student of East Tech and practiced at Rhodes High Schools in Cleveland and later attended Ohio State University.
Pictures and videos of the Jesse Owens Olympic Oak Plaza dedication
How far could you jump? In this video we see Jesse Owens’ Gold Medal, world –record long jump length of 26 feet and 5” marked on the track. It’s amazing to think he jumped/flew that far.
