Usain Bolt was born in August 1986.
He is from Jamacia.
He is a sprinter.
He is a five-time World medalist a and three-time 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 4×100 metres relay.
He is the reigning Olympic champion in these three events.
He is one of only seven athletes to win world championships at the youth, junior, and senior level of an athletic event.
Bolt won a 200 metres gold medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships, making him the competition's youngest-ever gold medalist at the time.
In 2004, at the CARIFTA Games, he became the first junior sprinter to run the 200 metres in less than 20 seconds with a time of 19.93 seconds breaking the previous world junior record held by Roy Martin by two-tenths of a second.
In 2007, he broke Don Quarrie's 200 metres Jamaican record with a run of 19.75 seconds.
His 2008 season began with his first world record performance—a 100 metre world record of 9.72 seconds and culminated in world and Olympic records in both the 100 metres and 200 metres events at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.
He ran 9.69 seconds for the 100 metres and 19.30 seconds in the 200 metres and also set a 4×100 metres relay record of 37.10 seconds with the Jamaican team.
This made him the first man to win three sprinting events at a single Olympics since Carl Lewis in 1984, and the first man to set world records in all three at a single Olympics.
The following year he further lowered his own 100 m and 200 m world records to 9.58 seconds and 19.19 seconds respectively at the 2009 World Championships.
This made him the first man to hold both the 100 and 200 metre world and Olympic titles at the same time.
His 2009 record breaking margin over 100 metres is the highest since the start of digital time measurements. His achievements in sprinting have earned him the nickname "Lightning Bolt".
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