Jesse Owens

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Olympic athlete human long jumper sprinter

Jesse Owens was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, famously undermining Nazi racial ideology with his performances.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Jesse Owens canonical	23
James Cleveland Owens	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olympic athlete ⓘ human ⓘ long jumper ⓘ sprinter ⓘ
awardReceived	Congressional Gold Medal ⓘ Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
causeOfDeath	lung cancer ⓘ
competedIn	1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) ⓘ surface form: 1936 Summer Olympics
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1913-09-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1980-03-31 ⓘ
educatedAt	Ohio State University ⓘ
ethnicGroup	African American ⓘ
fullName	Jesse Owens self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: James Cleveland Owens
givenName	James ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction	United States Olympic Hall of Fame ⓘ
hasHeritage	African-American sports history icon ⓘ
influenced	civil rights discourse in the United States ⓘ
marriageStart	1935 ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam	Ohio State Buckeyes ⓘ surface form: Ohio State Buckeyes men's track and field
nickname	Jesse ⓘ
notableEvent	“greatest 45 minutes in sports” performance at 1935 Big Ten meet in Ann Arbor ⓘ
notableFor	undermining Nazi racial ideology at the 1936 Berlin Olympics ⓘ
numberOfChildren	3 ⓘ
numberOfOlympicGoldMedals	4 ⓘ
occupation	track and field athlete ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Oakville, Alabama, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Tucson, Arizona, United States ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
represented	United States of America at the 1936 Summer Olympics ⓘ
residence	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ Cleveland, Ohio, United States ⓘ
setWorldRecordIn	100 yards ⓘ 220 yards ⓘ 220 yards low hurdles ⓘ long jump ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sport	athletics ⓘ long jump ⓘ sprinting ⓘ
spouse	Minnie Ruth Solomon ⓘ
subjectOf	biographical films ⓘ biographies ⓘ
won	gold medal in men's 100 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics ⓘ gold medal in men's 200 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics ⓘ gold medal in men's 4×100 metres relay at the 1936 Summer Olympics ⓘ gold medal in men's long jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics ⓘ

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1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) → notableAthlete → Jesse Owens ⓘ

subject surface form: 1936 Summer Olympics

Games of the XI Olympiad → notableAthlete → Jesse Owens ⓘ

Leni Riefenstahl’s film Olympia → featuresAthlete → Jesse Owens ⓘ

subject surface form: Olympia

Jesse Owens → fullName → Jesse Owens self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: James Cleveland Owens

Luz Long → competedAgainst → Jesse Owens ⓘ

Luz Long → friend → Jesse Owens ⓘ

Mack Robinson → opponent → Jesse Owens ⓘ

Olympia → features → Jesse Owens ⓘ

Alpha Phi Alpha → notableMember → Jesse Owens ⓘ

United States Olympic Hall of Fame → notableInducteesInclude → Jesse Owens ⓘ

Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago → burialPlaceOf → Jesse Owens ⓘ

subject surface form: Oak Woods Cemetery

Oak Woods Cemetery → burialPlaceOf → Jesse Owens ⓘ

Rowdy Rebel → notableWork → Jesse Owens ⓘ

Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year → notableRecipient → Jesse Owens ⓘ

Ralph Boston → brokeRecordOf → Jesse Owens ⓘ

National Track and Field Hall of Fame → notableInducteesInclude → Jesse Owens ⓘ

men’s 100 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics → goldMedalist → Jesse Owens ⓘ

men’s 100 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics → featuredAthlete → Jesse Owens ⓘ

Oakville, Alabama, United States → associatedWithPerson → Jesse Owens ⓘ

subject surface form: Oakville, Alabama

Minnie Ruth Solomon → spouse → Jesse Owens ⓘ

Minnie Ruth Solomon → lifePartner → Jesse Owens ⓘ

Carl Ludwig Long → opponent → Jesse Owens ⓘ

Rudy Steiner → inspiredBy → Jesse Owens ⓘ

Rudy Steiner → admires → Jesse Owens ⓘ