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Carl Lewis

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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. Lewis was a dominant sprinter and long jumper whose career spanned from 1979 to 1996, when he last won the Olympic long jump. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Lewis has received more than 5,550,924 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Carl Lewis is the 8th most popular athlete, the 633rd most popular biography from United States (up from 701st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Athlete.

Carl Lewis is a retired American track and field athlete. He was the most successful athlete in the sport's history, with nine Olympic gold medals and ten World Championships gold medals.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Carl Lewis ranks 8 out of 6,025. Before him are Abebe Bikila, Paavo Nurmi, Jesse Owens, Emil Zátopek, Diego Garcia, and Bob Beamon. After him are Spyridon Louis, Dick Fosbury, Ronnie Coleman, Usain Bolt, Mara, and Douglas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Carl Lewis ranks 13. Before him are Stephen Hillenburg, Nadia Comăneci, Eddie Murphy, Joko Widodo, Michael J. Fox, and Enya. After him are Julia Gillard, Peter Jackson, Petr Pavel, Hibatullah Akhundzada, Carlos Valderrama, and Robert Carlyle.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carl Lewis ranks 633 out of 20,380. Before him are Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921), Harold Ramis (1944), Whoopi Goldberg (1955), Louisa May Alcott (1832), Paul Krugman (1953), and Jamie Lee Curtis (1958). After him are Alfred Kinsey (1894), George Cukor (1899), Sidney Lumet (1924), Charles Taze Russell (1852), Ariana Grande (1993), and Richard Kiel (1939).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Carl Lewis ranks 3. Before him are Jesse Owens (1913), and Bob Beamon (1946). After him are Dick Fosbury (1947), Ronnie Coleman (1964), Ray Ewry (1873), Thomas Burke (1875), Mike Powell (1963), Florence Griffith Joyner (1959), Ellery Harding Clark (1874), Frank Zane (1942), and Larry Scott (1938).

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