Jesse Owens was an American track and field athlete, who competed in the international championship in 1936. He was three-time Olympic gold medalist and one of the earliest successful Olympians of America, who died in 1980 out of lung cancer, at the age of 66.

He started taking his athlete career seriously since his high school days and began his professional career with the NCAA Championship. Owens won four medals in that championship and kept repeating his winning legacy in the next season appearance as well with the same numbers of medals. In 1935, he took participate in the Big Ten meet, where he set three world record in the track & field and made his chance certain for the Olympics in 1936.

He participated in 100 m, 200 m, and 4 x 100 m relay events along with long jump category in that Olympics and clinched the gold medal for each event. These wins brought him international fame instantly and he became the most successful back athlete at the Game.

After finishing his Olympic career, he pursued his career in the other-sport field and became the vice-president of Portland Rosebuds franchise for a couple of years. In 1965 he was hired as the running instructor for Olympian sprinters and later appointed as a US goodwill ambassador as as successful public figure.

He has been a legend for all athletes and thus, his belongings used as the motivational stuff for the world. That dormitory which Owens used during his Olympics days has been revamped as a living museum with his pictures, letters, and game-related belongings.

(as Compiled by Madhushree Das Ghosh)(Profile Image from Facebook)