in the event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and for reputedly giving advice to his competitor , Jesse Owens , who went on to win the gold medal for the broad jump ( as the long jump was then termed ) as a result of Long 's advice .
At the 2012 Summer Olympics Felix competed in four events : The 100m , 200m , 4x100m relay , and 4x400m relay , placing 5th in the 100m and winningolympics.olympic_medal_honorin the other three , thus becoming the first American woman to win three golds in athletics at an Olympics since Florence Griffith-Joyner at the 1988 Summer Olympics .