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| Born | (1974-12-05) December 5, 1974 (age 50) Sacramento, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 158 lb (72 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics (track and field) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 metres, 200 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Norfolk State | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Brian M. Lewis (born December 5, 1974) is an American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Born in Sacramento, California, Brian Lewis played baseball (his father and uncle had played professional baseball) through his ninth grade, but moved then to athletics, because he did not want his father to coach him. Lewis graduated from Highlands High School in 1993.
Lewis was the member of American 4 × 100 m relay team, that did not finish its heat at the 1997 World Championships. At the 1998 Goodwill Games, Lewis was third in 100 m.
In 1999, Lewis won the US National Championships in 100 m and ran the third leg on the American 4 × 100 m relay team, which won the gold medal at the World Championships and also reached the semifinals of 100 m.
At the Sydney Olympics, Lewis ran the third leg on the gold medal-winning American 4 × 100 m relay team.
External links
- Brian Lewis at USATF
- Brian Lewis at World Athletics
- Brian Lewis at Olympics.com
- Brian Lewis at Olympic.org (archived)
- Brian Lewis at Olympedia (archive)
- Brian Lewis at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Track and field athletes from Sacramento, California
- African-American track and field athletes
- American male sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
- World Athletics Championships winners
- Norfolk State Spartans men's track and field athletes
- Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- 21st-century African-American sportsmen
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen