“The best technique, the fastest. And I did it at thirty.”
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Carl Lewis
Frederick Carlton Lewis is an American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold. Lewis was a dominant sprinter and long jumper whose career spanned from 1979 to 1996, when he last won the Olympic long jump. He is one of six athletes to win gold in the same individual event in four consecutive…
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2026· 12 entries
“I was shocked at first. But after I thought about it, I realized that they were booing because they wanted to see more of Carl Lewis. I guess that”
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“Everyone there was so scared and so cynical they did not know what to do.”
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LakeExpo.com: Carl Lewis Fici (April 29, 1947 - August 14, 2026)
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olympics.com: De leyenda de la velocidad a mentor: cómo Carl Lewis, héroe de Los Ángeles 1984, guía a la nueva generación
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The Guardian: ‘Strategic change and grasping nettles’: where now for John Lewis as boss exits?
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Legacy obituary: Carl Lewis Fici Obituary (2026) - Versailles, MO - Kidwell-Garber Funeral Home - Versailles Chapel
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olympics.com: Sprint legend turned mentor: How Los Angeles 1984 hero Carl Lewis is guiding the new generation
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olympics.com: Carl Lewis, leyenda olímpica, sobre los voluntarios de LA28: "Siempre será algo especial porque se trata de las personas"
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The Guardian: Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly offered to Manchester United as left-back solution
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Zee News: Carl Lewis picked for USATF panel
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Yahoo Sports: Atlanta '96: Lewis wins 4th long jump Olympic gold
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2025· 5 entries
Deadline.com: Carl Lewis Feature Doc & Oscar Contender ‘Checkpoint Zoo’ Head To MIPCOM As Part Of Noah Media’s Market Line-Up
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Yahoo! Sports: Track Legend Carl Lewis Says He Competed In A Bodysuit After His 1984 Olympic Debut Because 'Sex Sells' (Exclusive)
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The Hollywood Reporter: ‘I’m Carl Lewis!’ Review: Engaging, if Limited, Doc Gives an Athlete and Iconoclast His Due
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AOL: Olympic Legend Carl Lewis, 63, Reveals He's Never Had a Long-Term Relationship: 'Thought It Would Hurt My Career'
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In the 2025 documentary I'm Carl Lewis, Lewis revealed that he had never been in a long-term relationship out of fear that it would have affected his professional aspirations.
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2024· 7 entries
New York Post: Carl Lewis eviscerates US track after Olympic 4×100 relay debacle: ‘Blow it up’
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Deadline.com: Track Legend Carl Lewis Vents On US Olympics Relay Failures: “It Is Time To Blow Up The System”
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Yardbarker: Carl Lewis calls for major changes after USA botches another relay
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The New York Times: Carl Lewis sounds off on ‘unacceptable’ U.S. men’s 4×100 relay flub: ‘Time to blow up the system’
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FanSided: Carl Lewis on Noah Lyles, Simone Biles, Olympics history and Tide partnership
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CNN: Carl Lewis calls proposed format change in long jump an April Fools’ joke
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Lewis appeared in the fourth season of Mask Singer: Adivina quién canta, the Spanish version of Masked Singer, under the Panda mask
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2016· 1 entry
Lewis was inducted into the Texas Track and Field Coaches Association Hall of Fame
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2011· 3 entries
Lewis filed petitions to run as a Democrat for the New Jersey Senate in the state's 8th legislative district in Burlington County
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Lewis appeared in the short documentary Challenging Impossibility which features the feats of strength demonstrated by the late spiritual teacher and peace advocate Sri Chinmoy
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Attempted to run for a seat as a Democrat in the New Jersey Senate, but was removed from the ballot due to the state's residency requirement
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2010· 2 entries
Awarded New Jersey Hall of Fame (2010).
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Lewis was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame
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2003· 2 entries
Wade Exum, the United States Olympic Committee's director of drug control administration from 1991 to 2000, gave copies of documents to Sports Illustrated that revealed that some 100 American athletes had failed drug tes
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That "These [levels] are what you'd see from someone taking cold or allergy medicines and are unlikely to have any effect on performance
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2001· 1 entry
Earned Silver Olympic Order (2001).
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2000· 2 entries
Awarded Library of Congress Living Legend (2000).
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His alma mater University of Houston named the Carl Lewis International Complex after him
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1999· 1 entry
Lewis was voted "Sportsman of the Century" by the International Olympic Committee, elected "World Athlete of the Century" by the International Association of Athletics Federations and named "Olympian of the Century" by S
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1996· 2 entries
Awarded Princess of Asturias Award for Sports (1996).
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Lewis qualified for the Olympic team in the long jump for the fifth time, the first time an American man has done so
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1993· 1 entry
But finished fourth in the 100 m, and did not compete in the long jump
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1992· 1 entry
However he failed to qualify for the Olympic team in the 100 m or 200 m
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1991· 7 entries
Awarded L'Équipe Champion of Champions (1991).
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Won: 7× U.S. Athlete of the Year with Track & Field News (1991).
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Won: 4× World Sportsman of the Year with Gazzetta Sports Awards (1991).
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Won: USOC SportsMan of the Year with 2× World Athlete of the Year (Men)：1988, 1991 (1991).
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Won: 3× L'Équipe Champion of Champions with 2× World Athlete of the Year (Men)：1988, 1991 (1991).
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Lewis started to lose his dominance in both the sprints and the long jump
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“This has been the greatest meet that I”
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1990· 2 entries
During his late twenties, and has credited his outstanding 1991 results in part to his vegan diet
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Lewis became a vegan in 1990, during his late twenties, and has credited his outstanding 1991 results in part to his vegan diet.
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1989· 1 entry
Won Bislett medal (1989).
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1988· 5 entries
Won the Olympics Gold with USA Athletics (1988).
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Won: 4× World Sportsman of the Year with Gazzetta Sports Awards (1988).
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Won: 7× U.S. Athlete of the Year with Track & Field News (1988).
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The relevant documents with the athletes' names undisclosed and stated that "the medical committee felt satisfied, however, on the basis of the information received that the cases had been properly concluded by the USOC
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But he was let off as that was the normal practice in those times
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1987· 1 entry
Won: 7× U.S. Athlete of the Year with Track & Field News (1987).
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1986· 2 entries
Johnson defeated Lewis convincingly at the Goodwill Games in Moscow, clocking a new low-altitude record of 9
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Or the year before, though he competed sparingly
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1985· 1 entry
But Lewis also lost to others, while winning most of his races
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1984· 9 entries
Won the Olympics Gold with USA Athletics (1984).
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Awarded L'Équipe Champion of Champions (1984).
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Won: 3× L'Équipe Champion of Champions with 2× World Athlete of the Year (Men)：1988, 1991 (1984).
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Won: 3× World Athlete of the Year with Track & Field News (1984).
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Won: 2× United Press International Athlete of the Year with 2× World Athlete of the Year (Men)：1988, 1991 (1984).
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Awarded Associated Press Athlete of the Year (1984).
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Won: 2× Associated Press Athlete of the Year with 2× World Athlete of the Year (Men)：1988, 1991 (1984).
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Won: 7× U.S. Athlete of the Year with Track & Field News (1984).
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Won: 4× World Sportsman of the Year with Gazzetta Sports Awards (1984).
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1983· 8 entries
Awarded Associated Press Athlete of the Year (1983).
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Won: 2× Associated Press Athlete of the Year with 2× World Athlete of the Year (Men)：1988, 1991 (1983).
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Won: 2× United Press International Athlete of the Year with 2× World Athlete of the Year (Men)：1988, 1991 (1983).
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Won: 4× World Sportsman of the Year with Gazzetta Sports Awards (1983).
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Won: 3× World Athlete of the Year with Track & Field News (1983).
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Won: 3× L'Équipe Champion of Champions with 2× World Athlete of the Year (Men)：1988, 1991 (1983).
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Won: 7× U.S. Athlete of the Year with Track & Field News (1983).
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Awarded L'Équipe Champion of Champions (1983).
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1982· 3 entries
Won: 3× World Athlete of the Year with Track & Field News (1982).
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Won: 7× U.S. Athlete of the Year with Track & Field News (1982).
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Lewis continued his dominance, and for the first time it seemed someone might challenge Bob Beamon's world record of 8
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1981· 3 entries
Won: 7× U.S. Athlete of the Year with Track & Field News (1981).
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Won: James E. Sullivan Award with 2× World Athlete of the Year (Men)：1988, 1991 (1981).
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Lewis became the fastest 100 m sprinter in the world
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1979· 2 entries
Joined USA Athletics in 1979.
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Lewis broke the high school long jump record with a leap of 8
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1961· 2 entries
The son of William Lewis (1927–1987) and Evelyn née Lawler Lewis
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Born 1961-07-01.
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