more than a years now , carl lewis remained on the verge of anything was to be the greatest sporting career in history . he had just broken one of the legend jesse owens ' college records , but he believed he having become a worldwide superstar , the focuses of billions of millions of dollars in advertising . his career was still ostensibly amateur . three olympic and world record medals medals and 21 world records afterwards , he has became the richest athlete in the history of track and field - - a three - instrumentalist .
Carl Lewis won eighteen gold medals and set 21 world records.