Myths and heroes II

The second document is about Jesse Owens, a black American who had an hard start in life. He picked cotton all day long with his parents and there still wasn't enough money to last the year. Sixteen years later in 1936, Owens arrived in Berlin to compete for the United States at the Summer Olympics. Adolf Hitler was using the games to show the world a resurgent Nazi Germany. He and other government officials had high hopes that German athletes would dominate the games with victories. Meanwhile, Nazi propaganda promoted concepts of "Aryan racial superiority" and depicted ethnic Africans as inferior. Owens countered this by winning four gold medals. He was the most successful athlete at the games. After Owens won 4 gold medals, a furious Hitler stormed out of the stadium. While Owens helped the U.S. triumph at the games, his return home was not met with the kind of fanfare one might expect. He wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, and he wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President, either.
But He still became a sporting legend because of his achievements. Owens was recognized in his lifetime as "perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history".
He finally died of lung cancer in 1980. Owen won medals in only one Olympic Games, but his powerful and heroic impact on the social and political climate of his day made him the Olympic icon for millions of people worldwide.

The third document is an extract from The Guardian about Ellen MacArthur, an exceptional English sailor. She was 24 when in 2001, she rounded [or "circumnavigated"] the world in 94 days. She achieved that thanks to her courage, belief, strengh and her ability to read the weather. The race's name is "Vendée Globe", and it is world-famous and very difficult race. The winner this year was Michel Desjoyeaux who was only 12 days faster than Ellen. I think that her performance is really impressive because she spent 3 months alone on her boat and this boat would ordinarily be crewed by 11 people! However, later During her later life she advocated for the protection of the earth and for the sustainable development with through the work of her very own fundation. She also helped the leukemia children with leukemia. She was awarded by received an award from Her Majesty the Queen of England and was appointed to the Légion d'Honneur by Nicolas Sarkory.
If we add all of what she'd consider everything she has done, we would see that she's a real hero of the XXIst century and I would say that she should be a role model for anyone on earth.