Carl Lewis
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Carl Lewis is an American runner who had great success in sprinting events during the 1980s. He once won four gold medals at a single Olympic Games, in 100m, 200m, long jump and 4x100m relay. This and other achievements give him a claim to be one of the greatest Olympians, and indeed sportspeople, of all time.
In recent years, accusations and insinuations have been made that Lewis took performance-enhancing drugs. Certainly the era in which he competed was rife with doping, but nothing has ever been proven about Lewis and as such, his achievements stand and his greatness is untarnished.