He headed to his hometown school, the University of Cincinnati, and for the first two years did not participate in athletics. Johnson decided to join the team as a walk-on in His senior indoor season in was remarkable, with multiple personal records, three of which still stand as indoor school records today.
Lewis qualified for the Olympic Trials in Indianapolis and it was there that an unexpected conversation in a hotel lobby led him to meet two European international track meet organizers. A few days later Lewis received a call from Wilfried Meert, inviting him to come to Belgium for a race. One week after that he raced in a small town outside of Brussels. Johnson credits that Indianapolis conversation, the trip to Belgium and the rest of his international racing experience for taking his life in a completely different direction forever.
Olympic Trials in and Petersburg, Russia when he got his first on-air break. Johnson called the 10K to race-walk event, which unexpectedly featured a classic finish with a Russian and the Spanish world record-holder dueling to the finish. He retired from athletics in to pursue a career in television full-time.
Johnson is active on his Twitter account and is often seen posting on it. He has over 16, followers on Twitter. Tweets by LewisJohnsonMG. Lewis is married to his beautiful wife Dominique Galleron. The couple exchanged their wedding vows on November 5, The couple has two sons and they live in Texas.
Upon his completion, he competed professionally in Europe for seven years. Moreover, he competed in the meters at the NCAA Championships with his personal record of Petersburg, Russia.
Lewis retired as an athlete in and worked as a full-time sideline reporter.
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