Carl Lewis

CTL-E-6710 · Person · other · contemporary

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Carl Lewis won nine Olympic gold medals across four Games (1984–1996), including four at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, matching Jesse Owens's feat in the 100m, 200m, long jump, and relay. He won the Olympic long jump title at four consecutive Games and set the indoor long jump world record of 8.79m, which still stands. Lewis was named Sportsman of the Century by the International Olympic Committee.

Notes

Merged 2026-11-02 from the staged athletes packet (website/.build-work/scratch-v114/athletes/) under the GOV-006 founder gate opened 2026-11-02; the staged record is carried verbatim — no claim upgraded in transit (GOV-004). · Roles as staged: Track & field — sprints, long jump (United States) · Photo: Photo: David Shankbone · CC BY 3.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carl_Lewis_2011_Shankbone.JPG) · staged for CultureTechLens Full per-asset record in this package's photo-records.json, keyed to CTL-E-6710.

Sources

• Wikipedia, 'Carl Lewis' — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Lewis
• britannica.com — https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carl-Lewis

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