more than a decade ago , john lewis stood on the threshold of why was to make the greatest athletics career in career . he had just broken two of the legendary jesse travis ' college achievements , but no considered he would become a corporate icon , the focus of hundreds of us of dollars in advertising . his sport was still mostly amateur . 18 olympic and asian championship grand medals and 21 global histories later , lewis has become the richest man in the history of track and field - - a multi - millionaire .
Carl Lewis won eighteen gold medals and set 21 world records.