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- Carl Lewis is the most
- successful track-and-field
- athlete of all time. He has
- won 18 U.S., world, and
- Olympic championships in
- sprint events and in the long jump.
-
- Carl, who grew up in Willingboro, New Jersey,
- came from a family of athletes. Both his
- mother and father ran track in college and
- became teachers and track coaches. His
- sister Carol was an Olympic long jumper.
- CarlΓÇÖs sports hero was Jesse Owens.
-
- Carl started competing in track-and-field
- events when he was 8. In high school,
- he set a U.S. high school long jump
- record of 26' 8 1/4''. He attended the
- University of Houston (Texas) on a
-