Usain Bolt

The Honourable
Usain Bolt
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Bolt at the 25th Laureus World Sports Awards in April 2024
Personal information
Full nameUsain St. Leo Bolt
NicknameLightning Bolt[1]
NationalityJamaica
Born (1986-08-21) 21 August 1986
Sherwood Content, Trelawny, Jamaica
Height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[2]
Weight94 kg (207 lb)[3]
Websiteusainbolt.com
Signature
Sport
SportTrack and field
EventSprints
ClubRacers Track Club
Coached byGlen Mills[4]
Retired2017[5]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 8 0 0
World Championships 11 2 1
World Relays 0 1 0
CAC Championships 1 0 0
Commonwealth Games 1 0 0
World Junior Championships 1 2 0
World Youth Championships 1 0 0
Total 23 5 1
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
100 m 6 0 1
200 m 10 1 0
4 × 100 m relay 7 3 0
4 × 400 m relay 0 1 0
Total 23 5 1
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing 100 m
2008 Beijing 200 m
2012 London 100 m
2012 London 200 m
2012 London 4 × 100 m relay
2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m
2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m
2016 Rio de Janeiro 4 × 100 m relay
World Championships
2009 Berlin 100 m
2009 Berlin 200 m
2009 Berlin 4 × 100 m relay
2011 Daegu 200 m
2011 Daegu 4 × 100 m relay
2013 Moscow 100 m
2013 Moscow 200 m
2013 Moscow 4 × 100 m relay
2015 Beijing 100 m
2015 Beijing 200 m
2015 Beijing 4 × 100 m relay
2007 Osaka 200 m
2007 Osaka 4 × 100 m relay
2017 London 100 m
World Athletics Relays
2015 Nassau 4 × 100 m relay
Diamond League
2012 100 metres
CAC Championships
2005 Nassau 200 m
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow 4 × 100 m relay
World Junior Championships
2002 Kingston 200 m
2002 Kingston 4 × 100 m relay
2002 Kingston 4 × 400 m relay
World Youth Championships
2003 Sherbrooke 200 m
Pan American Junior Championships
2003 Bridgetown 200 m
2003 Bridgetown 4 × 100 m relay
CAC Junior Championships (U17)
2002 Bridgetown 200 m
2002 Bridgetown 400 m
2002 Bridgetown 4 × 100 m relay
2002 Bridgetown 4 × 400 m relay
CARIFTA Games
Junior (U20)
2003 Port of Spain 200 m
2003 Port of Spain 400 m
2003 Port of Spain 4 × 100 m relay
2003 Port of Spain 4 × 400 m relay
2004 Hamilton 200 m
2004 Hamilton 4 × 100 m relay
2004 Hamilton 4 × 400 m relay
CARIFTA Games
Junior (U17)
2002 Nassau 200 m
2002 Nassau 400 m
2002 Nassau 4 × 100 m relay
2002 Nassau 4 × 400 m relay
2001 Bridgetown 200 m
2001 Bridgetown 400 m
2001 Bridgetown 4 × 100 m relay
Representing Americas
World Cup
2006 Athens 200 m

Usain St. Leo Bolt (/ˈjuːseɪn/;[10] born 21 August 1986) is a Jamaican retired sprinter who is widely regarded as the greatest sprinter of all time.[11][12][13] He is an eight-time Olympic gold medalist and the world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and 4 × 100 metres relay.

Bolt is the only sprinter to win Olympic 100 m and 200 m titles at three consecutive Olympics (2008, 2012, and 2016). He also won two 4 × 100 relay gold medals. He gained worldwide fame for his double sprint victory in world record times at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which made him the first person to hold both records since fully automatic time became mandatory.

An eleven-time World Champion, Bolt won consecutive World Championship 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 metres relay gold medals from 2009 to 2015, with the exception of a 100 m false start in 2011. He is the most successful male athlete of the World Championships. He is the first athlete to win four World Championship titles in the 200 m and is one of the most successful in the 100 m with three titles, being the first person to run sub-9.7s and sub-9.6s races.

Bolt improved upon his second 100 m world record of 9.69 with 9.58 seconds in 2009 – the biggest improvement since the start of electronic timing. He has twice broken the 200 metres world record, setting 19.30 in 2008 and 19.19 in 2009. He has helped Jamaica to three 4 × 100 metres relay world records, with the current record being 36.84 seconds set in 2012. Bolt's most successful event is the 200 m, with three Olympic and four World titles. The 2008 Olympics was his international debut over 100 m; he had earlier won numerous 200 m medals (including 2007 World Championship silver) and held the world under-20 and world under-18 records for the event until being surpassed by Erriyon Knighton in 2021.

His achievements as a sprinter have earned him the media nickname "Lightning Bolt", and his awards include the IAAF World Athlete of the Year, Track & Field Athlete of the Year, BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year (three times), and Laureus World Sportsman of the Year (four times). Bolt was included in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2016.[14] Bolt retired after the 2017 World Championships, when he finished third in his last solo 100 m race, opted out of the 200 m, and pulled up injured in the 4 × 100 m relay final.

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