the 1936 Olympics to Owens, instigating his neurosurgical research and theft of young black men via brain transplant. 2019: In Jojo Rabbit, directed by Taika Waititi, an incarnation of Adolf Hitler humorously refers to the character Elsa as "a little female Jewish Jesse Owens". See also List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games References External links Jesse Owens Museum Jesse Owens Information Footage of Jesse Owens winning 100m Olympic gold in 1936 Jesse Owens – An American Experience Documentary Obituary, New York Times, April 1, 1980 Owens's accomplishments and encounter with Adolf Hitler (ESPN) Jesse Owens video newsreel Jesse Owens video in Riefenstahl's Olympia (1936) Jesse Owens's U.S. Olympic Team bio Jesse Owens article, Encyclopedia of Alabama 1913 births 1980 deaths African-American male track and field athletes American male long jumpers American male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Deaths from cancer in Arizona Congressional Gold Medal recipients Deaths from lung cancer World record setters in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Ohio State Buckeyes men's track and field athletes Ohio State University alumni Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field People from Lawrence County, Alabama Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients Recipients of the Olympic Order Alabama Republicans Arizona Republicans Ohio Republicans Track and field athletes from Alabama Track and field athletes from Cleveland USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners