more than a season ago , carl david stood on the edge of what was to become the greatest athletics career in history . he had just broken six of the legendary jesse owens ' college records , but never realized he must become a corporate symbol , the focus of thousand of thousand of americans in sales . his sport was just considered amateur . eighteen olympic and universe championship gold medals and 21 world records later , lewis has become the strongest guy in the field of home and hill - - a triple - millionaire .
Carl Lewis won eighteen gold medals and set 21 world records.