He won 5 Olympic golds in running events not to mention 4 consecutive long jump medals
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Carl Lewis - Wikipedia  Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is an American former track and field athlete, who won 10 Olympic medals, including nine gold, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold. His career spanned from 1979 to 1996 when he last won an Olympic title ... He is one of 3 Olympic athletes who won 4 gold medals in a single event (the...
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About | Jesse Owens  His stunning achievement of four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin ... feet 11 3/4 inches in the running broad jump, now known as the long jump. During his high school days, he won all of the major track events, including the ... Owens chose the Ohio State University, even though OSU could not offer a track...
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Ranking Athletes at the Olympics - Topend Sports  However, just counting medals won may not be the fairest system for ... athletes at the Olympic Games is to compare the number of gold medals won or total medals won. ... Whether a 3:2:1, 4:2:1, 5:3:1, 5:3:2 or 6:2:1 weighting method is used, the .... Olympians, winning medals in the sprints, relay, & 3 times in the long jump;...
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List of multiple Olympic medalists - Wikipedia  Jump to: navigation, search. The page lists various individuals who have won multiple Olympic medals at either the Summer ... He is also the most decorated Olympian in individual events, with 16 medals (13 gold, ... 4 See also; 5 References ... When an athlete has won medals for more than one nation, for simplicity only the...
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Many Medals but No Consensus for Phelps as 'Greatest Olympian ...  Aug 1, 2012 ... Redgrave, unlike Phelps, could not pile on the events. He focused on one at each ... Then there is Lewis, the man most frequently mentioned in the same breath with Phelps. He won five gold medals in the sprints and four consecutive gold medals in the long jump from 1984 to 1996. Lewis also had more...
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Olympic Gold Medalist Greg Louganis Recounts His "Incredible ...  2 days ago ... In 1984 he became the first man in 56 years to win two Olympic gold medals in diving by winning both the springboard and platform events. ... topped the New York Times bestsellers list and was one of the most popular books...
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List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event - Wikipedia  This is a list of Olympians that have won at least three gold medals in one event. It includes top-three placings in 1896 and 1900, before medals were awarded for top-three placings. Medals won in the 1906 Intercalated Games are not included. The Olympics listed for each athlete only include games when they won ... Jump to: navigation, search.
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Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics  Men's 100 metres ...  The men's 100 metres was of one of 23 track events of the athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens. It was contested at the Athens Olympic Stadium, from August 21 to 22, by a ... Gold medal ... A step behind, back from injuries, defending champion Maurice Greene, was fastest to react but running sideways in...
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Ten Greatest American Summer Olympians: No. 2 Carl Lewis | The ...  Aug 16, 2016 ... Carl Lewis was the world's best track and field athlete for a generation. ... to four separate Olympics, winning gold each time he took the stage at .... 5.25 inches) won him his third-straight Olympic gold medal in the event. ... It was his fourth-straight Olympic long jump gold, and he became just the third man to...
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Eric Heiden - Wikipedia  Eric Arthur Heiden (born June 14, 1958) is an American former long track speed skater, road cyclist and track cyclist. Heiden won an unprecedented five individual gold medals, and set four Olympic records and one world record at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York, United States. ... Heiden is the only athlete in the history of speed skating to have won all five...
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Eric Heiden facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ...  Speed skater Eric Heiden won five gold medals in the 1980 Winter Olympic Games ... There, he set Olympic records in the 500-, 1,000-, 1,500-, 5,000-, and ... After winning more gold medals than any other athlete in a single Winter Olympics and ... Every day, they attended high school in the morning, did their homework in...
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Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympics - results & video highlights  American speed skater Eric Heiden won all five speed skating events from 500m all the way up to 10,000m, setting an Olympic record in every one. He became the first person in Olympic history to win five gold medals in individual events at...
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Paavo Nurmi - King of Runners - Great Olympic Heroes, Stories and ...  Paavo Nurmi is known to be one of the greatest runners that the world has ever seen. ... Paavo Nurmi gained recognition in the Olympic Games at Antwerp in 1920. ... Olympics, Paavo Nurmi was the undisputed king of long distance running. ... Paavo Nurmi had set world records in the mile, 5000 meters and 10,000 meters...
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Michael Phelps wins 23rd - and final - Olympic gold medal in the ...  Aug 14, 2016 ... Michael Phelps wins 23rd gold medal; New Olympic record in 3:27:95; He ... relay swim to give himself a final tally of 23 Olympic gold medals. ... Phelps produced a thunderous third leg of butterfly to restore his ... Men's 4x100 | Medley Relay .... Would have been nice for Phelps to win it - but he's got enough...
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List of Olympic medalists in speed skating - Wikipedia  Speed skating is a sport that has been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since the ... She is also one of four Winter Olympians to win medals at five straight ... Dutch speed skaters have been the most successful in terms of combined medals ... After the 2014 Winter Olympics, 176 gold medals, 179 silver medals and 172...
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Michael Johnson: 'For eight years I was a five-time gold medallist ...  Jul 9, 2012 ... Not only does he hold the world record for the 400m, he is the only male athlete in history to win the 200m and 400m at the same Olympics. I was the ... But Johnson was more than just an extraordinarily fast runner: he was the sport's first ... He sits down on a gold-print sofa adorned with pale gold cushions.
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Morceli's 1997 Season - Reports  Gebrselassie, the 5,000 meter world record holder, and Morceli, who holds world marks ... Olympic gold medalist in the 400 and 200, and Bailey, the 100 world and ... as part of his build up to the outdoor world championships in Athens in August, ... particularly in the 1,500, claiming three consecutive world titles and the gold...
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About | Jesse Owens  His stunning achievement of four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin has made him the best remembered athlete in Olympic history. ... by running the 100 yard dash in 9.4 seconds to tie the accepted world record, and he .... by winning four gold medals: 100 meter dash in 10.3 seconds (tying the world record),...
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Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics  Men's long jump - Wikipedia  The men's long jump was one of four men's jumping events on the Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics program in Mexico City. Bob Beamon won in a new world record of 8.90m; a record which stood for 23 years until it ... 20 km walk, men .... In making his record jump, Beamon enjoyed a number of advantageous...
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List of multiple Olympic medalists - Wikipedia  The page lists various individuals who have won multiple Olympic medals at either the Summer Olympic Games or the Winter Olympic Games. As of August 13, 2016, American swimmer Michael Phelps has won the most Olympic medals with 28 medals (23 gold, ... medals for more than one nation, for simplicity only the last nation he or she...
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As Good As Gold!: My 20 Favorite Olympic Memories | Bleacher ...  Aug 5, 2008 ... Five American boxersSugar Ray Leonard, Leon Spinks, Michael Spinks, ... Bruce Jenner ... Referred to as The World's Greatest Athlete, Jenner won gold in the ... The athletes behind her were Grete Waitz, Rosa Mota, and Ingrid .... first four-time Olympic champion and remain undefeated in his 13-year...