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Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis
During his career, Carl Lewis won nine Olympic gold medals and attended four Olympic games, earning him international respect and a place in history as one of the greatest athletes of all time.
As an Olympic athlete, Lewis was part of five American Olympic Teams, winning 10 medals, nine of them gold. With unsurpassed talent in the long jump and his speed in the sprints, he has gone places where no other track and field athlete has ever visited. His five Olympic appearances are a record for a male athlete, and many of his Olympic performances were in world or Olympic record time.
Since his retirement from active competition in 1997, Lewis has devoted a great deal of his time and energy to charity creating “The Carl Lewis Foundation,” which serves as an umbrella for the many charities that Lewis supports including the “Best Buddies” organization, The Wendy Marx Foundation (for organ donor awareness) and many youth fitness groups.
