Carl has nine Olympic gold medals to his name. Incredibly, he has won every US Olympic team from 1980 to 1996. This is a record for a male athlete. His World Championship record is equally impressive, he set 12 World Records in his 18-year-old career. His 4 victories at the 1984 Olympics matched the record set by Jesse Owens in 1936.
His 1984 Indoor World Record of 8.79 meters still stands. He has jumped over 28 feet 71 times and is universally considered the greatest long jumper ever.
Voted track and field athlete of the decade in the 1980s, he dominated the sprint and long jump events. He has appeared in numerous films and TV productions. He played himself in cameos in Perfect Strangers and Speed Zone and appeared in Material Girls. In 2009, he was nominated a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
An activist for family, youth, education, wellness and fitness. The Carl Lewis Foundation helps disadvantaged youths, and is just one of many charitable works that he is now involved with. Lewis brings his international celebrity to attract awareness to these issues around the world. He supports “Best Buddies”, The Wendy Marx Foundation, Ronald McDonald House Charities and any youth fitness groups. He also serves as an Assistant Coach at the University of Houston.
Conferencista, instructor y coach ejecutivo con especialidad en programación neurolingüística, psicología positiva, terapia de la risa y de la implementación del humor en el ambiente de trabajo.
Efectivas, dinámicas y entretenidas es el estilo que suele distinguir cada una de las conferencias y talleres que ha dado en todo el país. Muchos lo definen como “el rostro amable de la capacitación”.
Su pasión por facilitar procesos de aprendizaje para desarrollar el potencial humano lo estimuló en 1990 a dejar su profesión de odontología, para dedicarse a la gestión de recursos humanos en plantas industriales y, más adelante, a la implementación de proyectos enfocados en el incremento de la productividad, la reducción de conflictos interpersonales, el fomento de buenos ambientes de trabajo y la mejora de la calidad de vida.
Regio de nacimiento, padre de familia y aficionado al mundo de las motos Harley-Davidson, “PP” Elizondo es solicitado constantemente para participar en eventos de empresas públicas y privadas, escuelas, instituciones de salud, organizaciones sociales, deportivas, religiosas y culturales a nivel local, nacional e internacional.