“Hitler declared Aryan supremacy by decree, but Jesse Owens is proving him a liar by degrees.” Owens took his third gold medal running the 200-meter race in record time, ahead of Mack ...

(Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images) (ATR) Jesse Owens struggled financially following his 1936 Olympic success, but others are cashing in on the medals he used to pay off personal and ...

Jesse Owens was an authentic American hero ... Bush posthumously awarded Owens the Congressional Medal of Honor. Bush called his victories in Berlin "an unrivaled athletic triumph, but more ...

Jesse Owens’ place among the icons ... On the surface, the photograph of the medal ceremony – Owens raising his hand to his head in honour of the Stars and Stripes, Long stretching his right ...

In 1990, following a strong push by Cleveland Congressman Louis Stokes, Jesse Owens was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in a presentation to his widow by President George Bush.

Caption J.C. 'Jesse' Owens possessed both elite speed and raw power, which he honed and blended on his way to winning four Olympic gold medals in 1936. Those impressive traits -- elite speed and ...

One of his daughters Marlene Owens Rankin now runs the Jesse Owens Foundation helping ... 92-year-old Hildegaard Fraser witnessed Owen's medal heroics in the stadium Even early in Owen's life ...

One man, five days of competition, four gold medals won. That equation should have been enough to make any athlete stand out in a crowd of his contemporaries. Yet Jesse Owens' performances in the ...

but suspicion follows many top Olympic athletes of his time. Bolt had to forfeit a gold medal he won as part of a relay in the 2008 Olympics after a teammate tested positive. Jesse Owens won the ...

Jesse Owens, an American ... sophisticated doping” to improve his performance. He will lose his record and the bronze medal at the Doha World Cup. Katie Ledecky spoke about doping Chinese ...

For most athletes, Jesse Owens' performance one spring afternoon ... President Bush posthumously awarded Owens the Congressional Medal of Honor. Bush called his victories in Berlin "an unrivaled ...

One of his daughters Marlene Owens Rankin now runs the Jesse Owens Foundation helping ... 92-year-old Hildegaard Fraser witnessed Owen's medal heroics in the stadium Owen's returned home a hero ...