more than a decade ago , jake lee stood on the threshold of thing was to be the greatest athletics career in time . he had just broken one of the aforementioned jesse owens ' college albums , but never believed he would grow a corporate icon , the result of inches of millions of miles in advertising . his sport was still entirely amateur . eighteen olympic and world championship gold medals and 21 world records thereafter , lewis has become the tallest man in the field of track and ball - - a bi - millionaire .
Carl Lewis won eighteen gold medals and set 21 world records.