- Born
- Birth nameUsain St. Leo Bolt
- Nickname
- Lightning Bolt
- Height1.96 m
- Usain Saint Leo Bolt is a Jamaican sprinter. Regarded as the fastest human being ever timed, he is the first man to hold both the 100 metres and 200 metres world records since fully automatic time became mandatory. He also holds the world record in the 4 × 100 metres relay. He is the reigning World and Olympic champion in these three events.
Bolt gained worldwide popularity for his double sprint victory at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in world record times. He later became the first man at the modern Olympic Games to win six gold medals for sprinting. He was the first to win consecutive Olympic 100 m and 200 m titles (2008 and 2012). At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he became the first track athlete in modern Olympic history to win three gold medals in one discipline, with his win in the 100 m sprint. He also won the gold medal in the men's 200 m, his third gold in the event at the Olympic Games.- IMDb mini biography by: Dibyayan Chakravorty
- World record holder in the 100 meter dash in 9.58 and 200 meter dash in 19.19 seconds.
- Won three gold medals at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing: 100m, 200m and 4 x 100m relay, and repeated this achievement at the 2012 Olympics in London.
- Is the only Olympian on the top Forbes 100 list who doesn't play professional basketball, golf, tennis or soccer.
- Ranked No. 32 on Forbes Magazine's annual list of the top 100 highest-paid athletes.
- Was stripped of his three 2008 Olympic gold medals after Nesta Carter, a relay teammate tested positive for performance enhancing drugs.
- You do not want to get married at 22! Especially if you're famous, because girls are going to be throwing themselves at you.
- I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.
- Yeah, I am lazy. There's no doubt about that.
- There are things that bother me. I try not to let them, but they do.
- My name is Bolt, Lightning Bolt.
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