Jesse Owens Obstacles

Nobody has worn four gold medals at once the way he did. Many people have obstacles to overcome to get where they want to be. He struggled in life to overcome the obstacles he did not think he would reach. Just wearing gold medals does not make someone a hero. Jesse Owens is a hero because he overcame obstacles as a child and made an impact on America by being the first African American in the Olympics.
Jesse Owens has twelve siblings but three died. His mom called him the gifted child because she did not think he would survive the birth (Gigliotti 2). Jesse’s mother and father were not planning on having any more children because they did not want to have any more children (Gigliotti 2). In 1918 it was a miracle Jesse Owens was even alive (Gigliotti 5). When Jesse was five years old, he almost had a near death experience and he thought he
In the Olympics, Jesse Owens took a challenge to be the first African American to run in the Olympics. When he finished the Olympics he knew he wanted to show young children nothing is impossible (American Decades). He wanted to show people to go for what they love no matter what the struggles and obstacles people may have to go through to get there (“Serena Williams and Mohammed Ali to receive Jesse Owens Award”). In the Olympics, Jesse was the first African American to beat the 100-meter dash record in the world while he was in high school. He was trying to show young society that you can do anything if you set your mind to it (“Jesse Owens”). Jesse Owens was an amazing track star overall. He had so much to overcome and he did the unthinkable which was trying over and over until he could get it. For that, he will always be remembered as a courageous human being and a hero. He once said, “All I could think about was winning one or two of those gold medals” (Gigliotti