# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jesse-owens
# Generated: 2026-09-01T05:03:00.173Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  James Cleveland Owens was born September 12, 1913, and became a sprinter and long jumper who rewrote what seemed possible in a single afternoon. At the 1935 Big Ten Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan, he won four events, set five world records, and tied another in less than an hour—a stretch still called "the greatest 45 minutes ever in sport." He collected eight NCAA titles across 1935 and 1936, a mark no one has matched. Then came Berlin: the 1936 Summer Olympics, where he swept the 100 meters, 200 meters, long jump, and 4 × 100-meter relay, setting Olympic records in each and becoming the Games' most decorated athlete. The Jesse Owens Award now honors the year's best American track and field performer, and in 1950 the Associated Press named him the greatest in his sport for the first half of the century. He died March 31, 1980.