Usain Bolt: the fastest man alive

Usain Bolt is known to be the man who still holds both world records for 100 meter and 200 meter sprints (records set in 2008). He is also the first man in history to have set three new records at a single Olympics event. In addition to this, he is the first man to win back-to-back  gold medals in double sprints.

The fastest man alive was born in Jamaica on August 21, 1986. His talent for running was noticed early on by his coaches at school, and he began to focus on sprinting with coaching from Pablo McNeil, former Olympic athlete. Even by the age of 14 Bolt was shockingly fast, and in 2001 he placed second at his first high school championship. A year later he participated in the 2002 World Junior Championship in Kingston, Jamaica. He managed to win his first 200-meter sprint and he became the youngest world-junior gold medalist ever. Soon after, he was given the fitting nickname: "Lightning Bolt".

Despite having a hamstring injury, Bolt was chosen for the 2004 Olympic Jamaican team. However, he was affected by multiple injuries, until 2007, which proved to be his breakthrough-year, as he set the new national record for 200 meters (previously held for 30 years by Donald Quarrie), and won two silver medals at the World Championship in Japan.

Merely a year later, in 2008, Bolt set the new world record for 100 meters at the summer Olympics, in Beijing. This record was not only set without a favourable wind, but he slowed down at the end to celebrate before finishing, and his laces were untied. The new world record he set was 9.69 seconds, which he then again beat four years later at the London 2012 Olympics, running it in 9.63 seconds. He then again set a new -and currently final- record in 2013, running 100 meters in 9.58 seconds.

Bolts incredible talent and speed has made him a famous man, and has given him both fame and fortune.