By: Paola Hernández Santos

Jesse Owens

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Biography Profession Athletics Clothes Rules

BiographyJesse Owens born in Oakville, in September, 1913 and he died in Tucson, in March, 1980. He was a son of Henry Cleveland Owens and Maria Emma. Jesse studied in East Technical High School in Cleveland.

Profession

He was an American track and field athlete who specialized in the sprints and the long jump. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany... He was the most successful

AthleticsThis sport contains a set of disciplines grouped in careers, jumps, launches and combined tests. It’s the art of overcoming the performance of the adversary in speed or in endurance, in distance or in height.

ClothesHe needs specific clothes for this sport, he needs light clothing like shorts and T-shirts made of polyester.

Some of the rules are:∞ An athlete is eligible to compete if he

agrees to abide by the Rules.∞ In all events athletes must wear clothing

which is clean, so as not to be objectionable.

∞ The finish of a race shall be denoted by a white line.

Rules

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