Germany has restored a national high-jump record from 1936 to 95-year-old Margaret Bergmann Lambert of Jamaica Estates, N.Y., whom the Nazis had disqualified because she was Jewish. Lambert had been a ...

Germany restored the 1936 high jump record to a Jewish woman. Gretel Bergmann was kicked off the German 1936 Olympic track and field team, which she joined in 1934, because she was Jewish, despite ...

In 1936, during the rise of the Nazi regime, African-American sprinter and long-jumper Jesse Owens made history when he won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympic games. It's a story of triumph ...

LONDON – Hiding in plain sight beside a row of London 2012 shuttle buses stands a small metal frame holding the mystery of a past Olympics. Attached to the frame is a photograph. It is an old ...

A 95-year-old former athlete and British high jump champion spoke of her joy after Germany restored her record, 73 years after she was kicked out of the Olympic team because she was Jewish. Gretel ...