Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis
Personal information
Full name:
Frederick Carlton Lewis
Nickname(s): Carl Lewis
Nationality:
United States
Distance(s):
100m, 200m
Date of birth:
July 1, 1961 (1961-07-01)
Place of birth: Birmingham, Alabama
Residence:
Los Angeles, California
Height:
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold
1984 Los Angeles
100 m
Gold
1984 Los Angeles
200 m
Gold
1984 Los Angeles
4x100 m relay
Gold
1984 Los Angeles Long jump
Gold
1988 Seoul
100 m
Gold
1988 Seoul
Long jump
Silver
1988 Seoul
200 m
Gold
1992 Barcelona
4x100 m relay
Gold
1992 Barcelona
Long jump
Gold
1996 Atlanta
Long jump
World Championships
Gold
1983 Helsinki
100 m
Gold
1983 Helsinki
4x100 m relay
Gold
1983 Helsinki
Long jump
Gold
1987 Rome
100 m
Gold
1987 Rome
4x100 m relay
Gold
1987 Rome
Long jump
Gold
1991 Tokyo
100 m
Gold
1991 Tokyo
4x100 m relay
Silver
1991 Tokyo
Long jump
Bronze 1993 Stuttgart
200 m
Pan American Games
Gold
1987 Indianapolis Long jump
Frederick Carlton ("Carl") Lewis (born
July 1, 1961) is a retired American track and
field athlete who won 10 Olympic medals in-
cluding 9 golds, and 10 World Champion-
ships medals, of which 8 were golds, in a ca-
reer that spanned from 1979 when he first
achieved a world ranking to 1996 when he
last won an Olympic title and subsequently
retired. Lewis is now an actor and has ap-
peared in a number of films.[1]
Lewis was a dominant sprinter and long
jumper who topped the world rankings in the
100 m, 200 m and long jump events fre-
quently from 1981 to the early 1990s, was
named Athlete of the Year by Track and Field
News in 1982, 1983 and 1984, and set world
records in the 100 m and 4 x 100 m relay. His
world record in the indoor long jump has
stood since 1984 and his 65 consecutive vic-
tories in the long jump achieved over a span
of 10 years is one of the sport’s longest un-
defeated streaks.
His lifetime accomplishments have led to
numerous accolades, including being voted
"Sportsman of the Century" by the Interna-
tional Olympic Committee and being named
"Olympian of