more than a decade ago , alex george appeared on the threshold of what was to appear the greatest athletics achievement in existence . he had just broken two of the great jesse jennings ' olympic records , but never believed he may became a corporate identity , the focus of countless of millions of dollars in sales . his race was still nominally inactive . eighteen games and world championships success medalist and 21 world records before , lewis has become the richest player in the history of track and field - - a multi - millionaire .
Carl Lewis won eighteen gold medals and set 21 world records.