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Usain Bolt

🏃 Running · Sprinter

Usain Bolt

Jamaica · 2004–2017

9.58 and 19.19 — records that have not been approached since.

9.58 s
100 m record
19.19 s
200 m record
8
Olympic golds
11
World titles

Career

Bolt was 1.95 m tall, which should have made him a poor starter and a poor sprinter, and instead let him cover 100 m in 41 strides when rivals needed 45. He won the 100 m and 200 m at three consecutive Olympics and lowered both world records to marks nobody has since come close to.

Honours

  • World records in the 100 m and 200 m, both set in 2009
  • Olympic 100 m and 200 m champion in 2008, 2012 and 2016
  • Eleven World Championship gold medals
  • First sprinter to win both sprint titles at three Games

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