Usain Bolt: Jamaican athlete

Leo Bolt, OJ, CD (born 21 August 1986), is a retirit Jamaican sprenter widely regarded as the fastest person ever. He is the first man tae hauld baith the 100 metres an 200 metres world records syne fully automatic time measurements acame mandatory in 1977. Alang wi his teammates, he an aa set the world record in the 4×100 metres relay. He is the reignin Olympic champion in these three events, the first man tae win sax Olympic gowd medals in sprintin, an a five-time World champion. He wis the first tae achieve a "double double" bi winnin 100 m an 200 m titles at consecutive Olympics (2008 an 2012), afore retianin baith in 2016. an topped this throu the first "double triple" (includin 4×100m relays). He retirit frae competitive athletics efter the 2017 Warld Athletics Championships in Lunnon.

Usain Bolt

Bolt at the 2012 Simmer Olympics
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Lichtnin Bolt
Nationality	Jamaican
Born	(1986-08-21) 21 August 1986 (age 37) Trelawny, Jamaica
Residence	Kingston, Jamaica
Hicht	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Wecht	94 kg (207 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track an field
Event(s)	Sprints
Club	Racers Track Club
Achievements an teetles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 9.58 WR (Berlin 2009) 150 m: 14.35 WB (Manchester 2009) 200 m: 19.19 WR (Berlin 2009) 300 m: 30.97 (Ostrava 2010) 400 m: 45.28 (Kingston 2007)
Medal record Men's athletics Representin  Jamaica Olympic Gemmes 2012 Lunnon 100 m 2012 Lunnon 200 m 2012 Lunnon 4×100 m relay 2008 Beijing 100 m 2008 Beijing 200 m 2008 Beijing 4×100 m relay 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m Warld Championships 2011 Daegu 200 m 2011 Daegu 4×100 m relay 2009 Berlin 100 m 2009 Berlin 200 m 2009 Berlin 4×100 m relay 2007 Osaka 200 m 2007 Osaka 4×100 m relay Warld Athletics Final 2009 Thessaloniki 200 m CAC Championships 2005 Nassau 200 m Warld Junior Championships 2002 Kingston 200 m 2002 Kingston 4×100 m relay 2002 Kingston 4×400 m relay Pan American Junior Championships 2003 Bridgetown 200 m 2003 Bridgetown 4×100 m relay CARIFTA Gemmes (Junior) 2004 Hamilton 200 m 2004 Hamilton 4×100 m relay 2004 Hamilton 4×400 m relay 2003 Port o Spain 200 m 2003 Port o Spain 400 m 2003 Port o Spain 4×100 m relay 2003 Port o Spain 4×400 m relay Warld Youth Championships 2003 Sherbrooke 200 m CAC Junior Championships (Youth) 2002 Bridgetoun 200 m 2002 Bridgetoun 400 m 2002 Bridgetoun 4×100 m relay 2002 Bridgetoun 4×400 m relay CARIFTA Gemmes (Youth) 2002 Nassau 200 m 2002 Nassau 400 m 2002 Nassau 4×400 m relay 2001 Bridgetoun 200 m 2001 Bridgetoun 400 m Representin the Americas Warld Cup 2006 Athens 200 m

Personal bests

Records

 

Bolt's personal best o 9.58 seiconts in the 100 metres is the fastest ever run. Bolt an aa hailds the seicont fastest time o 9.63 seiconts, the current Olympic record, an set twa previous warld records in the event. Bolt's personal best o 19.19 s in the 200 metres is the warld record. This wis recorded at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin against a heidwind o −0.3 m/s. This performance broke his previous warld record in the event, his 19.30 s clockin in winnin the 2008 Olympic 200 metres title.

Bolt haes been on three warld-record-settin Jamaican relay teams. The first record, 37.10 seiconts, wis set in winnin gowd at the 2008 Simmer Olympics. The seicont record came at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, a time o 37.04 seiconts. The third an current pendin world record wis set at the 2012 Simmer Olympics, a time o 36.84 seiconts.

Bolt an aa haulds the 200 metres world teenage best results for the age categories 15 (20.58 s), 16 (20.13 s, warld youth record), 17 (19.93 s) an 18 (19.93 s, world junior record). He an aa haulds the 150 metres world best set in 2009, durin which he ran the last 100 metres in 8.70 seiconts, the quickest timed 100 metres ever.

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• Usain Bolt profile at IAAF
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• Usain Bolt timeline via The Daily Telegraph