1. Jesse
Owens

3. Jesse Owens was born
on September 12, 1913.

4. Jesse Owens died of
cancer on March 31,
1980. He was 72
years old.

5. Jesse Owens is famous
because he was a
very fast runner. He
broke many records
and won four Olympic
gold medals.

7. One interesting fact
about Jesse Owens is
every winter when Jesse
was little, he got very
sick, that they called it
the devil’s cold.

8. Another interesting
fact about Jesse
Owens is that he
only lost 4 out of 79
races in high school.

9. I also learned that he
was given Athlete of
the Half century. By
the Associated Press
in 1950.

10. If I could meet
Jesse Owens, then
I would ask him,
“How do you run
so fast?”

11. While researching
Jesse Owens, I
gathered most of the
information from the
book Jesse Owens.

13. Researched and Written by:
Nathan