Carl Lewis is an American former track and field athlete who won multiple Olympic gold medals in sprinting and the long jump across four consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 1996. He is regarded as one of the greatest athletes in Olympic history for his sustained dominance in both jumping and sprinting events over more than a decade.
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Career HighlightLewis won gold in the same individual Olympic event across four consecutive Olympic Games, one of only two athletes ever to do so in an individual athletics event. 1 Classification
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July 1, 1961
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is an American former track and field athlete
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He is one of six athletes to win gold in the same individual event in four consecutive Olympic Games, and is one of two people to win gold in the same individual athletics event in four Olympic Games, along with USA discus thrower Al Oerter.
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Lewis was a dominant sprinter and long jumper whose career spanned from 1979 to 1996, when he last won the Olympic long jump.
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Frederick Carlton Lewis (born July 1, 1961) 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.
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