The Owens family moved to 2178 East 100th Street in 1934. Two years later, Jesse won four gold medals in track and field at the Berlin Summer Olympics.
home of Jesse Owens, the pioneering Black athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics, is set to be declared a city landmark.
Get the day's top headlines sent to your inbox each weekday morning with the free 3News to GO! newsletter In 1935, he set three world records and tied another at the Big Ten Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Sports Illustrated would later refer to Owens' performance at the University of Michigan asThe following year, Owens dominated the Berlin Olympics and humiliated Adolf Hitler, winning gold medals in the 100 and 200 meters, the long jump and the 4x100 relay.
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