| Fred Lewis | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Birth Date: | 1947 |
| Birth Place: | The Bronx, New York |
| Sport: | Handball |
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Fred Lewis (born 1947) is an American former handball player.[1] [2]
Lewis is Jewish, and was born in The Bronx, New York.[1] [3] Both of his parents played handball, and he learned to play the game outdoors in the Bronx.[4] [5] He initially played one-wall handball, and entered his first tournament at the age of eight.[5] He competed on his high school swimming team.[5]
He received a master's degree in education at the University of Miami in 1972.[6] He won two U.S. National Collegiate Singles Championships.[1] [5]
Lewis is a six-time U.S. Handball Association National Four-Wall Handball Singles Champion (1972, 1974–76, 1978, and 1981).[1] [2] He is also a three-time National Three-Wall Singles Champion (1974, 1977, and 1978).[1] [7] He was named 1970s "Handball Player of the Decade" by the United States Handball Association.[1] [8]
He made the finals of the National Open championship 14 consecutive years.[1] He won 16 titles as a professional.[1]
In 1998, he created Yes2Kids, a handball club for children.[6] In 2003, he was head coach of the handball team at the University of Arizona.[2] In 2008, he remarried his ex-wife, as they had reconciled after 16 years.[5]
Lewis was inducted into the Handball Hall of Fame in 1993, as its 25th member.[1] [2] He was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.[1] [8]