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Carl Ludwig "Luz" Long (27 April 1913 – 14 July 1943) was a German Olympic long jumper who won the silver medal in the event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and had a friendship with Jesse Owens, who won the gold medal in that event. Luz Long won the German long jump championship six times: in 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, and 1939.
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.
Sep 6, 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 ...
Jul 16, 2024 · It was an instinctive sporting gesture that has gone down in Olympic folklore, but, for German long-jump champion Luz Long, it would have dark consequences. As Jesse Owens soared over the...
Aug 14, 2009 · Owens is remembered for his dramatic duel in the Olympic long jump against Germany's Luz Long. The story of that competition and the men's friendship has been passed down over the years. But...
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...
Jun 5, 2020 · The story of the black American four-times Olympic Champion Jesse Owens and Germany’s Luz Long at the 1936 Olympic Games in a Swastika-soaked Berlin stadium offers powerful messages for...
Jun 24, 2020 · Yet on August 3, 1936, an unlikely friendship began to develop between the German-born track star Carl Ludwig “Luz” Long and Owens. And while myth shrouds the story of whether Long gave Owens crucial advice before his third and final opportunity to qualify for the long jump finals, cameras captured the budding friendship as Long strode over ...
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