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Lewis twice set individual world records at 100 metres (1988, 1991), although his 1988 world record came at the Seoul Olympics when he initially finished second behind Ben Johnson’s presumed world record, although Johnson was disqualified for doping the next day. In relays he was a member of teams that posted world records at 4×100 metres six times and 4×200 metres three times.
Jun 7, 2023 · When Carl Lewis left the University of Houston over 40 years ago, he was 19, the indoor world-record holder in the long jump and one of the best sprinters on earth.. Lewis would go on to become a ...
Nov 16, 2009 · On July 29, 1996, track and field legend Carl Lewis wins his fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal in the long jump. It was the ninth and final Olympic gold of his storied career. Frederick ...
Jul 11, 2020 · At the age of 23, American athlete Carl Lewis had the chance to make history on home soil, during the 100m final at the Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984. Four years before, the kid from Pennsylvania had qualified for the Moscow 1980 Games for the 4x100m relay and long jump but a United States led boycott saw him stay home.
Rather than being praised, Lewis was mocked by writers as "King Carl" for his brash predictions and for showing up late to press conferences. An endorsement contract (agreement to promote a company's products in return for money) with Nike was cancelled, and Lewis received no others in the United States, although in Europe and Japan he became a hero.
Sep 22, 2015 · Considered one of the most successful Olympic athletes of all time, Frederick Carlton Lewis was born July 1, 1961, in Birmingham, Alabama. Raised in Willingboro, New Jersey, Carl and his three ...
A blueprint for life. American sprinter and long-jumper Carl Lewis was one of the first of a generation to focus not just on releasing energy in the key moment that would make him a champion, but on pursuing a middle and an end to a race, a season, a career. He built a blueprint for his life in much the same way as he put together the physical ...
