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Why didn't the President of the United States congratulate the four-time Olympic champion in any way?

The Olympic Games of 1936 in Berlin were supposed, according to Hitler, to prove to the whole world the superiority of German athletes and the Aryan race as a whole. These plans were broken by the American black athlete Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals in running and jumping. Hitler did not shake hands with him, although this did not concern Owens personally - the Fuhrer, in principle, refused to shake hands with winners from other countries, but after the Olympics he sent memorable letters to all of them with his photograph. But US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt did not encourage the champion in any way - neither by an invitation to the White House, nor even by a telegram.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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