James Cleveland Owens(1913—1980)was a great American athlete.In the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin,he achieved__16__fame by winning four gold medals:one each in the 100meter dash,the 200meter dash,the __17__,and for being part of the 4×100meter relay team.
Born in Alabama,Owens was often__18__with what his mother reportedly called“devil's cold”.Life was hard for the family.The family__19__to Ohio in 1921.There was little__20__in their life,but the move did enable young Owens to__21__public school,where a teacher who didn't understand his country__22__accidentally wrote down his name as“Jesse”instead of J.C.
Owens had to take different jobs in his__23__time.During the period,when he was in the fifth grade,the athletic supervisor asked him to go out for__24__.From a __25__boy he developed into a strong runner.
Throughout his life Owens believed that the success of his athletic career__26__from the __27__of Charles Riley,his juniorhigh track coach,who had picked him off the playground and put him on the track team.Since Owens worked in a shoerepair shop after school,Riley__28__Owens to practice before school instead.
Owens first came to national__29__when he was a student of East Technical High School in Cleveland,Ohio.He tied the world__30__of 9.4 seconds in the 100yard dash and longjumped 24 feet 9.5 inches at the 1933 National High School Championship in Chicago.
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