On this day
1893 San Francisco Bay City Club opened
1st US bicycle race track, made of wood
1901 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Arthur
Gore beat defending 4-time champion R.F. Doherty 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 for his 1st
of 3 Wimbledon singles titles
1903 Tour de France: Inaugural race
began in Montgeron, a south-eastern suburb of Paris
Carl Lewis - Athlete
Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is an American former track
and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals,
one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals,
including eight gold. His career spanned from 1979 to 1996, when he last won an
Olympic event. He is one of only three Olympic athletes who won a gold medal in
the same individual event in four consecutive Olympic Games.
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the United
States
International athletics
competitions
|
Event
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
|
Olympic Games
|
9
|
1
|
0
|
|
World Championships
|
8
|
1
|
1
|
|
Pan American Games
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
|
Goodwill Games
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
|
Total
|
22
|
3
|
3
|
|
Event
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
|
100 m
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
|
200 m
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
4 × 100 m relay
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
|
Long jump
|
8
|
1
|
1
|
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles 100 m
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles 200 m
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles 4 × 100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles Long jump
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul 100 m
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Long jump
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona 4 × 100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Long jump
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Long jump
Silver medal – second
place 1988 Seoul 200 m
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