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Carl Ludwig "Luz" Long (27 April 1913 – 14 July 1943) was a German Olympic long jumper, notable for achieving the silver medal in the event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and for his friendship with Jesse Owens, who went on to win the gold medal for the long jump.
Jun 29, 2020 · Jesse Owens won four Gold Medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. On August 3 he won the 100 meter race in 10.3 seconds; on August 4 in the long jump competition he jumped 8.06 meters (26 feet 5 inches) to defeat German Carl “Luz” Long; on August 5 he won the 200 meter sprint in 20.7 seconds; and on August 9 Jesse as a member of the 4 x 100 ...
Oct 7, 2022 · AP — One of the most consequential Olympic medals ever awarded is on the auction block — the silver medal captured in 1936 by Germany’s Luz Long, the long jumper who walked arm in arm through...
May 13, 2020 · He was buried in the war cemetery at Ponte Olico, near Gela, in the southern part of Sicily, and it was only in 1950 that the Red Cross discovered that he was Luz Long, that famous athlete who had befriended the great Jesse Owens.
At first glance, the German long jumper - tall, blue-eyed and blond - was the personification of the Aryan ideal of Nazi ideology. And although Owens arrived for long jump qualifying on the...
Mar 5, 2024 · Luz Long and Jesse Owens struck up a friendship at the 1936 Olympics that transcended sport, race and history. By The Foundation for a Better Life. Mar 5, 2024. Photo by Justin Ha on Unsplash....
Luz Long was a German long jumper who competed at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, winning a silver medal behind Jesse Owens. Long was German long jump champion in 1933-34 and 1936-39.
Jul 15, 2020 · A friendship that triumphed over racism: Luz Long, Jesse Owens and a lesson for humanity. The story of Owens and Long’s friendship demonstrated how sports could unite people across gender, race...
Oct 11, 2022 · African-American Jesse Owens and Luz Long, the German model athlete, clashed directly when Nazi Germany hosted the 1936 Olympics and to everyone’s surprise quickly became friends even if all nations expected a rivalry between them.
Luz Long was a German long jumper who competed at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, winning a silver medal behind Jesse Owens. Long was German long jump champion in 1933-34 and 1936-39.
