Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt's full name is Usain St. Leo Bolt.

He was born on August 21, 1986, in the rural town of Sherwood Content in Trelawny parish, Cornwall county, Jamaica. His parents Jennifer and Wellesley ran the local grocery store. Usain spent much of his free time as a child playing soccer and cricket with his brother Sadeeki.

Usain attended the Waldensia Primary and All-Age School as a boy. 

While competing at the 2002 World Junior Athletics Championships in Jamaica at the age of 15, Bolt became so nervous from the crowd's expectations that he put his shoes on the wrong feet. Nevertheless, he won the race, becoming the world's youngest junior gold medallist.

Bolt was 6 feet 5 inches when he won his gold medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships.

Despite failing at the Athens Olympics in 2004 was offered track scholarships by several U.S. schools . He refused all offers, preferring to stay in Jamaica and train at Kingston's University of Technology despite its primitive facilities.

He was the first and only junior athlete to run a sub-20-second 200 metres.

Usain Bolt set a world record for the 100m in the men's final at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. So, what did he eat before pulling off that athletic feat? It was chicken nuggets. 

Usain Bolt ate 1,000 Chicken McNuggets over 10 days during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. This was because he was afraid to eat anything else in China.

That very same 100m race where Bolt set the world record on a stomach full of chicken nuggets, he ran into a slight headwind with his shoes untied the entire time.

Bolt’s nickname is “Lightening Bolt.” The nickname actually started during the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Before his first world record breaking run in New York City, there was a lightning storm leading the media to bestow Bolt with the aforementioned moniker.

Bolt set a new world record at the World Championships in Berlin on August 16, 2009. The Jamaican ran the 100 metres in 9.58 seconds, breaking his own record of 9.69 seconds set a year earlier – the biggest improvement since the start of electronic timing.

Usain Bolt’s world record of 9.58 seconds for 100 metres equals an average speed of 23.35mph.  His 200 metres speed is just slower at 23.31mph but his top speed has been measured at 27.44mph.

Bolt during the 200 m final at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu.By Erik van Leeuwen, 

After Usain Bolt broke the 100 m world record at the 2009 Berlin World Championships, the mayor of Berlin awarded him a 12 foot long, 6000 pound piece of the Berlin Wall. Bolt accepted and it is now housed at the Jamaica Military Museum.

When Bolt won the 100 meters in London in 2012, he became the first person since Carl Lewis to defend an Olympic sprint title. After winning the 200, Bolt became the first to defend two titles.

Usain Bolt’s world record of 9.58 seconds for 100 metres equals an average speed of 23.35mph.  His 200 metres speed is just slower at 23.31mph but his top speed has been measured at 27.44mph.

Bolt won three gold medals at three consecutive Olympic Games, also known as the "triple-triple", and has a 100% win record in finals.

At 6ft 5in tall, Usain Bolt is the tallest and heaviest Olympic 100m champion of all time.

Usain Bolt's running gait is asymmetrical due to scoliosis, which has resulted in his left leg being longer than his right leg. Scientists aren't sure if his record-breaking sprint speeds are because of this or in spite of this.

At his top speed of 27.44mph, Usain Bolt could run the distance to the Moon in just under a year.

A domestic cat can run faster than Usain Bolt but an elephant at top speed is slower.

Bolt covers 10 metres faster than an Olympic diver covers 10 metres.

Since retiring from athletics in 2017, Usain Bolt has launched a music career which began in 2020 with a remix of Ultimate Rejects’ track "Energy To Burn." The former sprinter released his debut album Country Yutes on September 3, 2021 via his own label 9.58 Records.

Usain Bolt was offered a position as wide receiver in the NFL, and rejected it due to the hits NFL players take.

Usain Bolt demands his ad shoots are filmed in Jamaica to bring money to his country

Usain is a hardcore video gamer. He often plays Call Of Duty: Black Ops online.

Sources  www.heavy.com, Jockbio.com, Funtrivia.com, Daily Express