![Medal of Olympian who defied Hitler by embracing Jesse Owens goes under the hammer | The Times of Israel Medal of Olympian who defied Hitler by embracing Jesse Owens goes under the hammer | The Times of Israel](https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2022/10/AP22279661753079.jpg)
Medal of Olympian who defied Hitler by embracing Jesse Owens goes under the hammer | The Times of Israel
![Becky Myers on X: "“@weird_hist: Jesse Owens beat German Luz Long to win the long jump gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. http://t.co/NvatGcJOqA”" / X Becky Myers on X: "“@weird_hist: Jesse Owens beat German Luz Long to win the long jump gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. http://t.co/NvatGcJOqA”" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtpzC06IgAEeDNW.jpg)
Becky Myers on X: "“@weird_hist: Jesse Owens beat German Luz Long to win the long jump gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. http://t.co/NvatGcJOqA”" / X
![German long jumper Luz Long finished second to African-American Jesse Owens, whose on-field success at 1936 Berlin games shattered Nazi leader's myth of Aryan physical supremacy : r/Kanye German long jumper Luz Long finished second to African-American Jesse Owens, whose on-field success at 1936 Berlin games shattered Nazi leader's myth of Aryan physical supremacy : r/Kanye](https://i.redd.it/german-long-jumper-luz-long-finished-second-to-african-v0-xpt7gtxm3y3a1.jpg?width=618&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=23d6f201d97d6b7d813f8e3f8478f729d862f6f2)