Into the Long Jump TOP 5 of ALL-TIME…it’s the Legendary JESSE OWENS!!! 🙌 🇺🇸👇
JESSE OWENS is a Legend of both Track & Field and the Olympics – his heroic feats at the 1936 Berlin Olympics [“Hitler’s Olympics”] etched his name in History for all of time…winner of 4 GOLDS at those Games in the 100m, 200m, Long Jump & 4x100m!!!🥇🥇🥇🥇
To emphasize his greatness, on 25th May 1935, OWENS broke 3 World Records and tied a fourth in less than an hour – a feat that remains unequalled to this day, accomplishing what many still consider to be the greatest athletic feat in History!!!🔥
In the Long Jump specifically, OWENS was a sensation at Ohio State University, winning a record medal haul in the NCAAs and breaking Chuhei Nambu’s WORLD RECORD with 8.13m in 1935 to also become the first man to surpass 8 metres!!! The mark lasted for quarter of a century!!!✨
