Jesse Owens

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception



First track and field athlete to win four gold Olympic medals ...

 For Adolph Hitler and the Nazis, the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games was expected to be a German showcase and a statement for Aryan supremacy. Most notably, Hitler lambasted America for including black athletes on its Olympic roster.

But it was African Americans who helped cement America's success at the Olympic Games. In all the U.S. won 11 gold medals, six of them by black athletes. Owens was easily the most dominant athlete to compete. He captured four gold medals (the 100-meter, the long jump, the 200-meter, and the 400-meter relay race) and broke two Olympic records along the way. After Owens won the 100-meter event, a furious Hitler stormed out of the stadium, though some reports later indicated that Hitler congratulated the athlete on his success.

 Biography:
http://www.biography.com/people/jesse-owens-9431142

VIDEO HERE:
http://sports.yahoo.com/video/jesse-owens-courageous-achievement-023500727.html