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Owens, Jesse (oh)



(1913-80) a very successful black US athlete, who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. This disproved the Nazi idea that the 'Aryans' (=white people from Northern Europe) were better than people of other races. Hitler refused to attend the ceremonies at which Owens was given his gold medals.