Usain Bolt
A cricket-mad kid from a Trelawny village; still holds both sprint world records.
- Born
- 1986 · Sherwood Content, Trelawny, Jamaica
- Roots
- Black Jamaican
- Family
- Working class
- His parents ran the village grocery shop; water was carried from the river.
- Education
- William Knibb Memorial High School
- Started with
- A cricket pitch
- A cricket coach noticed his speed and pointed him at the track.
- Affiliations & societies
- None documented.
- Information only — claims like these are often unverifiable and may be wrong.
The pathway
- 2002 · age 15World junior champion
Wins the 200m in Kingston — the youngest junior world champion in the event.
- 2008 · age 21Beijing triple9.69s
World records in the 100m and 200m; celebrates the 100m before the line, shoelace untied.
- 2009 · age 22Berlin records
9.58 and 19.19 — both still standing.
- 2016 · age 29Third consecutive triple
Eight Olympic golds after a relay disqualification years later.
- 2017 · age 30Retires
After a final world championships in London.
Sources
Compiled from these references and contemporaneous press reporting. Figures are approximate; verify before relying on them.