Olympic trivia ? ? ?

Question

Who was the American athlete that the "superior" Adolph Hitler hated to give a gold medal to in the year Berlin hosted the Olympics? ? And why ?

Answer 1

Jesse Owens

It was the summer of 1936 and Nazism was running rampant throughout pre-World War II Eastern Europe. The Olympics were coming to Berlin and Adolf Hitler viewed it as a golden opportunity to showcase his country and prove to the rest of the world that his Aryan race was superior.

Hitler viewed African-Americans as inferior and chastised the United States for stooping to use these "non-humans." Despite the endless racial epithets and the constant presence of the red and black swastika, Owens made Hitler eat his words with four gold medals.

While German officials denounced Owens, an overwhelming majority of the German fans treated him like a hero. In 1984, a street in Berlin was named in his honor.

Answer 2

It was Jesse Owens.

Hitler was blithering on about how Aryan (Perfect German) athletes would wipe the floor with every other athlete and thought that no black people could win.

Jesse Owens, the black American runner won 4 Gold Medals and Hitler was so infuriated he stormed out of the stadium instead of giving the medals to Owens.

Answer 3

I don't know why, but I think the answer to who was Jesse Owens, who just so happened to be an African-American("black") man. At least that's what I remember reading in school.-Steve