![]() ![]() He is the first athlete to win 6 gold medals in the sprint and the first athlete to successfully defend both the 100m and 200m title. ![]() In the 2012 London Olympics, he again won gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay. In Beijing in 2008, Usain Bolt won gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay. In Bolt's first Olympic appearance in Athens 2004, he suffered from a leg injury and was eliminated in the first round. In this video, we see Carl Lewis winning four gold medals at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles: He also won gold in the long jump in the 1996 Atlanta games, his last Olympic competition. In the 1992 Barcelona games, he won gold in the 4x100m relay and long jump. In the 1988 games in Seoul, he won gold in the 100m and long jump and silver in the 200m. In his first Olympic appearance in the 1984 Los Angeles games, Carl Lewis won gold in the 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay and long jump. Another hamstring injury prevented him from competing in the Commonwealth Games in 2006. He turned professional in 2004, but was hampered by hamstring injuries, preventing him from competing in the 2004 World Junior Championship and ruining his chances in the Athens Olympics. He then won four golds at the 2003 CARIFTA Games and another gold at the 2003 World Youth Championships. In 2002, age 15, he won the 200m at the World Junior Championships, making him the youngest world-junior gold medalist in history. He failed to qualify in the 200m, but set a personal best. Usain Bolt made his first appearance on the world stage in 2001 at the IAAF World Youth Championships. He was then ranked number one in the world in both 100m and long jump. He also ran the 100 m in 10.00s at the Southwest Conference Championships in Dallas in 1981, the third-fastest time in history. In 1981, Lewis jumped 8.62 m at the TAC Championships, making him the number two long jumper in history. However, the Olympic boycott prevented him from competing. He qualified for the 1980 Olympics both in the long jump and for the 4 x 100m relay team. He was coached by both Pablo McNeil and Dwayne Jarrett.Ĭarl Lewis achieved his first world ranking in 1979, when Track and Field News declared him 5th in the world in long jump. Although he originally played cricket and football, his cricket coach encouraged him to try track and field. He attended Waldensia Primary School and William Knibb Memorial High School. He grew up with his parents, his brother and his sister. Usain Bolt was born on August 21st 1986 in Trelawny, Jamaica. He attended the University of Houston, where he was coached by Tom Tellez. ![]() He attended Willingboro High School in New Jersey, and by the time he was a senior, he was one of the top long jumpers in the world. At 13, Lewis began to compete in the long jump. His parents, William and Evelyn Lewis, ran a local athletics club. IAAF World Athlete of the Year: 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 Track & Field Athlete of the Year: 2008, 2009 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year: 2009, 2010, 2013 BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year: 2008, 2009, 2012Ĭarl Lewis was born on July 1st 1961 in Birmingham, Alabama. IOC Sportsman of the Century: 1999 IAAF World Athlete of Century: 1999 (born 21 August 1986), is a Jamaican sprinter widely regarded as the fastest person ever. Frederick Carlton ("Carl") Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is a retired American track and field athlete who won 10 Olympic medals including 9 golds, and 10 World Championships medals, of which 8 were golds. ![]()
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