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The life of Usain Bolt
Bolt was born on August 21, 1986, in Jamaica.
As early as age 14, Bolt was wowing fans with his lightning speed, and he won his first high school championship medal in 2001, taking the silver in the 200-meter race.
At the age of 15, Bolt took his first shot at success on the world stage at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Kingston, Jamaica, where he won the 200-meter dash. -
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World top
Bolt reached the world Top 5 rankings in 2005 and 2006. Unfortunately, injuries continued to plague the 6'5" sprinter, preventing him from completing a full professional season -
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World record
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt was dubbed "the fastest man alive" after winning three gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, and becoming the first man in Olympic history to win both the 100- and 200-meter races in record times. -
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Olympic Career
At the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics,
In the 100-meter final leading up to the Games, he broke the world record, winning in 9.69 seconds.
At the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, held in London, Bolt won his fourth Olympic gold medal in the men's 100-meter race.
Bolt returned to Olympic glory at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games when he won gold in the 100-meter race. -
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Berlin 2009 World Championships
Bolt set a world record time of 9.58 seconds for the 100m race, notching a top speed of 27.8 miles per hour (44.72 kilometers per hour) between meters 60 and 80, with an average speed of 23.5 mph. -
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Won medals
Bolt also won three Olympic gold medals at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, along the way notching an Olympic-record time of 9.63 seconds in the 100 meters -
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Summer Games in Rio
He won gold medals in the 100- and 200-meter races and 4x100-meter relay; the wins gave him a "triple-triple" — three golds over three consecutive Olympics — though he later was stripped of one of the relay golds because of a teammate's doping violation. -
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His last race
Bolt led the Jamaican team to gold, in the 4x100-meter relay, crossing the finish line in 37.27 seconds. It was the third consecutive gold medal win for Bolt in Rio