more than a decade ago , carl was stood on the threshold of anything was to become the greatest athletics career in history . he had just beaten two of the legendary jesse masters ' colleges records , but not believed he would become a corporate icons , the focus of tens of billion of dollars in commercials . his sporting was still an amateur . eighteen olympian and world championship gold cups and 21 world records later , lewis has became the richest man in the field of track and field - - a multi - millionaire .
Carl Lewis won eighteen gold medals and set 21 world records.