“Carl Lewis” yana nufin sunan mutum, don haka ba shi da ma’anar ƙamus a al’adance. ana daukarsa a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasan Olympics na kowane lokaci. Ya lashe lambobin zinare tara da lambar azurfa guda a wasannin Olympics guda hudu tsakanin 1984 zuwa 1996, kuma ya kafa tarihin duniya da dama a cikin abubuwan da suka faru kamar tseren mita 100, tsalle mai tsayi, da tseren mita 4x100. An kuma san shi da dadewa a fagen wasan, inda ya yi takara a matsayi mai girma har ya cika shekaru 30 da haihuwa.