Jesse Owens Biography
For most athletes, Jesse Owens' performance one spring afternoon in 1935 would be the accomplishment of a lifetime. In 45 minutes, he established three world records and tied another. But that was merely an appetizer for Owens. In one week in the summer of 1936, on the sacred soil of the Fatherland, the master athlete humiliated the...
Carl Lewis Biography
Carl Lewis has always amazed us. By distinguishing himself in two seemingly simple actions jumping and running for the longest time, he became unlike any competitor. With his unsurpassed talent in the long jump and his speed in the sprints, he has...
Michael Johnson`s Biography
The combination of competing in both 200 meters and 400 meters is rare. Not often in history do we find a fast man with so much endurance - or an endurance man with so much speed. For the first nine decades of the 20th century, no male runner had ever...
Bob Beamon' Biography
Six seconds. That's all it took for Bob Beamon to leap into history. That's all it took for the slender 22-year-old long jumper to speed 19 strides down the runway, ascend to a height of six feet, stay up in the air like a bird and finally land an...
