Silver medal of man who lost to Jesse Owens sells for $488K. By DAN HAJDUCKY. October 17, 2022, 12:19 PM.

Jesse Owens was born on this day in 1913, ... After Owens received the honor in 1979, golfer Jack Nicklaus received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush in 2005.

Jesse Owens is one of two Ohio State athletes to earn the Presidential Medal of Freedom. ... golfer Jack Nicklaus received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush in 2005.

Owens took that advice and went on to win the title — one of four he captured in Berlin — with a then-Olympic record jump of 8.06 meters (26 feet, 5 1/2 inches). Advertising ...

OWENS, JESSE (12 September 1913-31 March 1980), was a world record setting track-and-field athlete during the 1930s.In 1950 sportswriters voted him as the world's top track star of the century. Born ...

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Jesse Owens is best remembered as the sprinter and long jumper who won four gold medals at the politically charged 1936 Berlin Olympics. ... Owens was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1976 ...

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (AP) — The silver medal captured by Luz Long, the German long jumper who befriended Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, sold at auction for more than $488,000, a ...

American Jesse Owens’ achievements at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin – he won four gold medals in the 100 meters, the 200m, the ...

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One of the most consequential Olympic medals ever awarded is on the auction block — the silver medal captured in 1936 by Germany's Luz Long, the long jumper who walked arm in arm through the ...