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My Favorite Athletes The record holder Usain Bolt (born 21 August 1986) is a Jamaican sprinter and reigning Olympic champion over 100 m. He is the current world record holder in the 100 m (9.58 s), world in the 200 metres (19.93 s), and Jamaican record holder in the 200 m (19.19 s). His name and achievements in sprinting have earned him the media nickname Lightning Bolt. Bolt was born in Trelawny, Jamaica and educated at the William Knibb Memorial High School. At the age of 15 he won a gold and two silver medals at the 2002 World Junior Championships in front of a home crowd in Kingston, becoming the youngest world junior gold medalist ever. He won another gold medal at the 2003 World Youth Championships, running the 200 m in 20.40 seconds. The record breaker (1) In 2004 Bolt ran the 200 m in 19.93 seconds, becoming the first junior to break the 20-second mark; breaking Lorenzo Daniels world junior record. . At the 2007 Jamaican Championships, Bolt ran 19.75, breaking the 36-year-old national record held by Don Quarrie by 0.11 seconds. At the World Championships in Osaka, Bolt won a silver medal in the 200 m behind American Tyson Gay. The record breaker (2) on 31 May 2008, Bolt ran 9.72 (+1.7 m/s), establishing a new world record in the 100 m at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York, breaking the 9.74-second record of Powell On the 13 July 2008 in Athens, Greece Usain once again broke the 200 m national record by running 19.67. As the new 100m world record holder,Bolt won the Olympic 100 m final in 9.69 (+0.0 m/s), far ahead of second place finisher Richard Thompson (who finished in 9.89), and shattering his own world record on 16 August 2008,andamazingly he appeared to slow down and celebrate near the finish line after realizing he had secured the gold medal.. On 17 August 2009,he smashed 100m record again World championships in Berlin . Usain Bolt Usain Bolt