Owens was born in a black cotton tenant farmer's family in Dainville. Owens is his mother's 1 10 child. Father works in the mine and barely supports his family. Owens was sickly since childhood because of years of hunger and lack of food and clothing. In his childhood, the biggest scar on his mind was the humiliating social status of black people caused by racial discrimination. Owens grew up in this kind of adversity.

At the age of 9, Owens entered fairmont Technical School with a thin body. Fairmont school has a good sports tradition, and coach Riley is an excellent physical education teacher. He believed that Owens would become a new star in sports and asked to train him after school, but he was rejected. Owens told the teacher that he would do odd jobs to supplement his family after school. Riley expressed deep sympathy for the children's situation, but he didn't give up his desire to cultivate Owens. He patiently persuaded the children to come to school for training alone every morning. Since then, every day at dawn, Riley, a short white teacher with glasses, and Owens, a thin black boy, will appear in the stadium.

"He spends several hours every day cultivating my talents. Without Riley, there would be no Owens! " Owens will never forget Riley's kindness in raising him. Coach Riley tried his best to encourage Owens to contribute to the track and field career one day. He introduced Owens to paddock, a California sprinter who was called "the fastest man in the world" at that time. This meeting was an important turning point in Owens' sports career. From then on, Owens was determined to be "the fastest man in the world" like paddock. Riley told him that to realize this ideal, we must have "determination, training and dedication". This 1 1 became the motto of Owens' life in the future. In the early 1930s, Owens had nothing to do with running shoes, sportswear and nutrition, only his thin and slender body. That's enough, Owens. 1933, his 100 meter sprint was only 0. 1 second slower than today's world record.

Owens made his American track and field debut on 1932. That year, he participated in the Olympic trials in the United States and won the right to the 200-meter final. When drawing lots, he drew the one with the most psychological and tactical advantages, but gave Toulon, who he admired most and was also a black player. As a result, Toulon, who was injured in the leg, ran out of the third place and qualified for the Olympic Games. 1932 At the 10 Olympic Games, Toulon won the 100 m and 200 m races with10 sec and 2 1 sec respectively. Later, every time Toulon mentioned Owens letting the runway, he said excitedly, "This is Owens' character. "