jacobkrishnak(Usin Bolt)

Bolt at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Nickname(s)     Lightning Bolt
Nationality     Jamaican
Born     21 August 1986 (age 25)
Trelawny, Jamaica
Residence     Kingston, Jamaica
Height     1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight     94 kg (210 lb)
Sport
Sport     Track and field
Event(s)     Sprints
Club     Racers Track Club
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)    

100 m: 9.58 WR (Berlin 2009)
150 m: 14.35 WB[5] (Manchester 2009)
200 m: 19.19 WR (Berlin 2009)
300 m: 30.97 (Ostrava 2010)
400 m: 45.28 (Kingston 2007)
Medal record[hide]
Men's athletics
Competitor for  Jamaica
Olympic Games
Gold     2012 London     100 m
Gold     2012 London     200 m
Gold     2012 London     4×100 m relay
Gold     2008 Beijing     100 m
Gold     2008 Beijing     200 m
Gold     2008 Beijing     4×100 m relay
World Championships
Gold     2011 Daegu     200 m
Gold     2011 Daegu     4×100 m relay
Gold     2009 Berlin     100 m
Gold     2009 Berlin     200 m
Gold     2009 Berlin     4×100 m relay
Silver     2007 Osaka     200 m
Silver     2007 Osaka     4×100 m relay
World Athletics Final
Gold     2009 Thessaloniki     200 m
CAC Championships
Gold     2005 Nassau     200 m
World Junior Championships
Gold     2002 Kingston     200 m
Silver     2002 Kingston     4×100 m relay
Silver     2002 Kingston     4×400 m relay
Pan American Junior Championships
Gold     2003 Bridgetown     200 m
Silver     2003 Bridgetown     4×100 m relay
CARIFTA Games (Junior)
Gold     2004 Hamilton     200 m
Gold     2004 Hamilton     4×100 m relay
Gold     2004 Hamilton     4×400 m relay
Gold     2003 Port of Spain     200 m
Gold     2003 Port of Spain     400 m
Gold     2003 Port of Spain     4×100 m relay
Gold     2003 Port of Spain     4×400 m relay
World Youth Championships
Gold     2003 Sherbrooke     200 m
CAC Junior Championships (Youth)
Gold     2002 Bridgetown     200 m
Gold     2002 Bridgetown     400 m
Gold     2002 Bridgetown     4×100 m relay
Gold     2002 Bridgetown     4×400 m relay
CARIFTA Games (Youth)
Gold     2002 Nassau     200 m
Gold     2002 Nassau     400 m
Gold     2002 Nassau     4×400 m relay
Silver     2001 Bridgetown     200 m
Silver     2001 Bridgetown     400 m
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World Cup
Silver     2006 Athens     200 m

 Early years

Bolt was born on 21 August 1986 in Sherwood Content, a small town in Trelawny, Jamaica, and grew up with his parents, Wellesley and Jennifer Bolt, his brother Sadiki, and his sister Sherine. His parents ran the local grocery store in the rural area, and Bolt spent his time playing cricket and football in the street with his brother, later saying, "When I was young, I didn’t really think about anything other than sports".

As a child, Bolt attended Waldensia Primary, where he first began to show his sprinting potential, running in the annual national primary-schools' meeting for his parish. By the age of twelve, Bolt had become the school's fastest runner over the 100 metres distance.

Upon his entry to William Knibb Memorial High School, Bolt continued to focus on other sports, but his cricket coach noticed Bolt's speed on the pitch and urged him to try track and field events. Pablo McNeil, a former Olympic sprint athlete, and Dwayne Jarrett coached Bolt, encouraging him to focus his energy on improving his athletic abilities. The school had a history of success in athletics with past students, including sprinter Michael Green. Bolt won his first annual high school championships medal in 2001, taking the silver medal in the 200 metres with a time of 22.04 seconds. McNeil soon became his primary coach, and the two enjoyed a positive partnership, although McNeil was occasionally frustrated by Bolt's lack of dedication to his training and his penchant for practical jokes.
Bolt expresses a love for dancing and his character is frequently described as laid-back and relaxed.[dead link] Bolt's Jamaican track and field idols include Herb McKenley and former Jamaican 100 m 200 m world record holder, Don Quarrie. Michael Johnson, the former 200 m world and Olympic record holder, is also held in high esteem by Bolt. The first sport to interest him was cricket and he said if he was not a sprinter he would be a fast bowler instead. As a child he was a supporter of the Pakistani cricket team and admired the bowling of Waqar Younis. He is also a fan of Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar, West Indian opener Chris Gayle and Australian opener Matthew Hayden. During a charity cricket match Bolt clean-bowled Chris Gayle. Gayle was complimentary of Bolt's pace and swing. Bolt also struck a six off Chris Gayle's bowling. Another bowler complimentary of Bolt's pace was former West Indies fast-bowling great Curtly Ambrose. Australian cricketer Shane Warne said on 12 August 2012 that Bolt is interested to play for cricket team Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League. Bolt confirmed this aying,"(Shane Warne) contacted me and asked me about if I am serious and if I really want to do it then he can put in a few words that should get it done."
Bolt's personal best of 9.58 seconds in the 100 metres is the fastest ever legal time. Bolt also holds the second fastest time of 9.63 seconds, the current Olympic record. Tyson Gay recorded a time of 9.68 s at the 2008 US Olympic Trials, but was aided with a tail wind of 4.1 m/s, exceeding the legal limit of 2.0 m/s set by the IAAF and nullifying its inclusion as a world record. Obadele Thompson's run of 9.69 s in 1996 is also not recognised as it was aided by a 5.0 m/s tail wind.

Bolt's personal best of 19.19 s in the 200 metres is the world record. This was recorded at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin against a headwind of −0.3 m/s. He has also broken the Olympic record with a time of 19.30 s (more precisely 19.296 s)—the previous world record prior to Berlin 2009—thus breaking Michael Johnson's previous world record and Olympic record of 19.32 s. After Bolt and Johnson's record setting runs, the next fastest time is almost three tenths of a second slower: Tyson Gay's personal best of 19.58 s.[needs update] Bolt is the only non-United States sprinter in the IAAF top five.

The Jamaican relay team including Bolt, set the 4x100 metres world and Olympic records at the 2008 Olympics with a time of 37.10 seconds. This is the only run in the IAAF top ten performances which was not set by an American team.

Bolt also holds the 200 metres world teenage best results for the age categories 15 (20.58 s), 16 (20.13 s, world youth record), 17 (19.93 s) and 18 (19.93 s, world junior record). He also holds the 150 metres world best set in 2009, during which he ran the last 100 metres in 8.70 seconds, the quickest timed 100 metres ever.