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Jesse owens is a son of a sharecropper and a grandson of a slave. He was born September 12, 1913 in Oakville, Arizona, his father Henery and his mother Emma moved Jesse and his sibilings to Cleveland Ohio when jesse was nine years old. Jesse set records in his Junior High School with a 6 feet in high jump, 22 feet 11 3/4 inches in broad jump, 9.4 seconds in the 100 yard dash, 20.7 seconds in the 220 yard dash, then a new record at 24 feet 11 3/4 inches in broad jump. His promising career started in 1928 with all his records set in his Junior High. He went to Cleveland East Technical High School then after graduating High school he went to Ohio State University. One of his many quotes used was " We all have dreams. In order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort." When Jesse won in the Olympic in 1936 it was held in Berlin. Jesse competed in the 100 meter, 200 meter, 4x 100 meter, and the long jump and won the gold medal in each event and every gold medal he won were with in 45 minutes of each other. His four olympic victories thwarted Hitlers attempts to use the games as a means to illustrate Aryan Superiority. Jesse Owen's was awarded the Presidential medal of freedom which is the highest award bestowed upon a civilian. In the 1984 Olympic games in Los Angeles the american athlete Carl Lewis matched Jesse's feat. Even though there has been others to win more medals Jesse Owen's will be remembered as the best Olympic athlete because he achieved what no other olympian before or since has accomplished. Jesse died of lung cancer on march 31, 1980 in Tucson, Arizona He was buried in Oak woods cemetery in Chicago, Illinois. A few years before he died when his world records were beat he said "Its like having a pet dog for a long time. you get attached to it, and when it dies you miss it." media type="youtube" key="Fa5QQMH-T8E" height="390" width="480"