Brian M. Lewis (born December 5, 1974) is an American

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, winner of gold medal in 4 × 100 m

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at the

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. Born in

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, Brian Lewis played

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(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

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, 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

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and also reached the semifinals of 100 m. At the

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, Lewis ran the third leg on the gold medal-winning American 4 × 100 m relay team.

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