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joemulleague

29 Nov 13

cooriander

the first man to win six Olympic gold medals in sprinting, and an eight-time World champion
While he had not won any significant 100 m title prior to the 2008 Olympics,
He is the highest paid athlete ever in track and field.

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12 Mar 13

Kobi B

Bolt was born on 21 August 1986 in Sherwood Content,^[21] a small town in Trelawny, Jamaica
As a child, Bolt attended Waldensia Primary, where he first began to show his sprinting potential
Bolt won his
first annual high school championships medal in
Performing for Jamaica in his first Caribbean regional event, Bolt clocked a personal best of 48.28 s in the 400 metres in the 2001 CARIFTA Games, winning a silver medal
Running in the 200 m event, he failed to qualify for the finals, but he still set a new personal best of 21.73 s.^[
Hungary
He made his first appearance on the world stage at the 2001 IAAF World Youth Championships in Debrecen

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04 Jul 12

Matt Leahy

100 Meters sprinters track & field Usain Bolt

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jordan hargrow

<div id="siteSub">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> <div id="contentSub"></div> <div id="jump-to-nav">Jump to: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/http://en.wikipedia.org/#mw-head">navigation</a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/http://en.wikipedia.org/#p-search">search</a> </div> <div style="DISPLAY: none; RIGHT: 55px" id="protected-icon" class="metadata topicon"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/#semi" title="This article is semi-protected to promote compliance with the policy on biographies of living people."><img width="20" height="20" alt="Page semi-protected" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Padlock-silver-medium.svg/20px-Padlock-silver-medium.svg.png"></a></div> <table style="FONT-SIZE: 88%; WIDTH: 22em; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.5em; TEXT-ALIGN: left" class="infobox vcard" cellspacing="5"> <caption style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 125%" class="fn">Usain Bolt</caption> <tbody> <tr class=""> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="" colspan="2"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Usain_Bolt_smiling_Berlin_2009.JPG" class="image"><img width="220" height="274" alt="Usain Bolt smiling Berlin 2009.JPG" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Usain_Bolt_smiling_Berlin_2009.JPG/220px-Usain_Bolt_smiling_Berlin_2009.JPG"></a> Bolt at Berlin World Championships 2009</td></tr> <tr> <th style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="" colspan="2">Personal information</th></tr> <tr class=""> <th style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">Nationality</th> <td class=""><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.orghttp://en.wikipedia.orghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaican</a></td></tr> <tr class=""> <th style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">Date of birth</th> <td class="">21 August 1986 (1986-08-21) (age 24)<a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/http://en.wikipedia.org/http://en.wikipedia.org/#cite_note-IAAFProfile-0">[1]</a></td></tr> <tr class=""> <th style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">Place of birth</th> <td class=""><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trelawny_Parish,_Jamaica" class="mw-redirect" title="Trelawny Parish, Jamaica">Trelawny</a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.orghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/http://en.wikipedia.org/#cite_note-Helps-1">[2]</a></td></tr> <tr class=""> <th style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">Height</th> <td class="">1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)<a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/http://en.wikipedia.org/http://en.wikipedia.org/#cite_note-website-2">[3]</a></td></tr> <tr class=""> <th style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">Weight</th> <td class="">93.9 kg (207 lb; 14.79 st)<a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/http://en.wikipedia.org/#cite_note-website-2">[3]</a></td></tr> <tr> <th style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="" colspan="2">Sport</th></tr> <tr class=""> <th style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">Sport</th> <td class=""><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_and_field" title="Track and field">Track and field</a></td></tr> <tr class=""> <th style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">Club</th> <td class="">Racer's track club. Kingston</td></tr> <tr> <th style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="" colspan="2">Achievements and titles</th></tr> <tr class=""> <th style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">Personal best(s)</th> <td class=""> 100m: 09.58 s (WR, Berlin 2009)<a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/http://en.wikipedia.org/#cite_note-3">[4]</a> 150m: 14.35 s (WB, Manchester 2009)<a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/http://en.wikipedia.org/#cite_note-4">[5]</a> 200m: 19.19 s (WR, Berlin 2009)<a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/http://en.wikipedia.org/#cite_note-5">[6]</a> 400m: 45.28 s (Kingston 2007)<a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/http://en.wikipedia.org/#cite_note-IAAFProfile-0">[1]</a></td></tr> <tr class=""> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="" colspan="2"> <table style="MARGIN: 0px; WIDTH: 100%; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" id="collapsibleTable0" class="collapsible uncollapsed"> <tbody> <tr> <th style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">[<a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/#" id="collapseButton0">hide</a>] <div style="FLOAT: left; WIDTH: 3em"> </div>Medal record</th></tr> <tr> <td> <table style="WIDTH: 100%"> <tbody> <tr align="middle" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="adr"> <th colspan="3">Competitor for <img width="22" height="11" class="thumbborder" alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/22px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png"> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a></th></tr> <tr align="middle" bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <th colspan="3">Men's <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_(sport)" title="Athletics (sport)">athletics</a></th></tr> <tr align="middle" bgcolor="#cccccc"> <th colspan="3"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games" title="Olympic Games">Olympic Games</a></th></tr> <tr align="middle" bgcolor="white" valign="center"> <td bgcolor="gold">Gold</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.orghttp://en.wikipedia.orghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics" title="2008 Summer Olympics">2008 Beijing</a></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_-_Men%27s_100_metres" class="mw-redirect" title="Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres">100 m</a></td></tr> <tr align="middle" bgcolor="white" valign="center"> <td bgcolor="gold">Gold</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.orghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics" title="2008 Summer Olympics">2008 Beijing</a></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_-_Men%27s_200_metres" class="mw-redirect" title="Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metres">200 m</a></td></tr> <tr align="middle" bgcolor="white" valign="center"> <td bgcolor="gold">Gold</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics" title="2008 Summer Olympics">2008 Beijing</a></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_-_Men%27s_4x100_metre_relay" class="mw-redirect" title="Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 4x100 metre relay">4 × 100 m relay</a></td></tr> <tr align="middle" bgcolor="#cccccc"> <th colspan="3"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAAF_World_Championships_in_Athletics" title="IAAF World Championships in Athletics">World Championships</a></th></tr> <tr align="middle" bgcolor="white" valign="center"> <td bgcolor="gold">Gold</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.orghttp://en.wikipedia.orghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_World_Championships_in_Athletics" title="2009 World Championships in Athletics">2009 Berlin</a></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.orghttp://en.wikipedia.orghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metres" title="2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres">100 m</a></td></tr> <tr align="middle" bgcolor="white" valign="center"> <td bgcolor="gold">Gold</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.orghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_World_Championships_in_Athletics" title="2009 World Championships in Athletics">2009 Berlin</a></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.orghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metres" title="2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres">200 m</a></td></tr> <tr align="middle" bgcolor="white" valign="center"> <td bgcolor="gold">Gold</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_World_Championships_in_Athletics" title="2009 World Championships in Athletics">2009 Berlin</a></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_x_100_metres_relay" title="2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 x 100 metres relay">4 × 100 m relay</a></td></tr> <tr align="middle" bgcolor="white"> <td bgcolor="silver">Silver</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.orghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_World_Championships_in_Athletics" title="2007 World Championships in Athletics">2007 Osaka</a></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.orghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metres" title="2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres">200 m</a></td></tr> <tr align="middle" bgcolor="white"> <td bgcolor="silver">Silver</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_World_Championships_in_Athletics" title="2007 World Championships in Athletics">2007 Osaka</a></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_x_100_metres_relay" title="2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 x 100 metres relay">4 × 100 m relay</a></td></tr> <tr align="middle" bgcolor="#cccccc"> <th colspan="3"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAAF_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics" title="IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics">World Junior Championships</a></th></tr> <tr align="middle" bgcolor="white" valign="center"> <td bgcolor="gold">Gold</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.orghttp://en.wikipedia.orghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics" title="2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics">2002 Kingston</a></td> <td>200 m</td></tr> <tr align="middle" bgcolor="white"> <td bgcolor="silver">Silver</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.orghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics" title="2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics">2002 Kingston</a></td> <td>4 × 100 m relay</td></tr> <tr align="middle" bgcolor="white"> <td bgcolor="silver">Silver</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics" title="2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics">2002 Kingston</a></td> <td>4 × 400 m relay</td></tr> <tr align="middle" bgcolor="#cccccc"> <th colspan="3"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAAF_World_Youth_Championships_in_Athletics" title="IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics">World Youth Championships</a></th></tr> <tr align="middle" bgcolor="white" valign="center"> <td bgcolor="gold">Gold</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_World_Youth_Championships_in_Athletics" title="2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics">2003 Sherbrooke</a></td> <td>200 m</td></tr> <tr align="middle" bgcolor="#cccccc"> <th colspan="3"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Athletics_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="World Athletics Final">World Athletics Final</a></th></tr> <tr align="middle" bgcolor="white" valign="center"> <td bgcolor="gold">Gold</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_IAAF_World_Athletics_Final" title="2009 IAAF World Athletics Final">2009 Thessaloniki</a></td> <td>200 m</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>
Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, C.D. (pronounced /ˈjuːseɪn/;^[7] born 21 August 1986), is a Jamaican sprinter and a three-time World and Olympic gold medalist. He is the world record and Olympic record holder in the 100 metres, the 200 metres and (along with his teammates) the 4 x 100 metres relay. He is the reigning World and Olympic champion in these three events.

Bolt distinguished himself with a 200 m gold medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships, making him the competition's youngest-ever gold medalist. In 2004, at the CARIFTA Games, he became the first junior sprinter to run the 200 m in under 20 seconds with a time of 19.93 s, breaking Roy Martin's world junior record by two-tenths of a second. He turned professional in 2004, missing most of his first two seasons due to injuries, although he competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In 2007, he surpassed Don Quarrie's 200 m Jamaican record with a run of 19.75 s.