Usain Bolt

 An eight-time Olympic gold medalist, Bolt is the only sprinter who has won Olympic 100 and 200 m gold medals at three consecutive Olympics (2008, 2012, and 2016). Bolt also won gold medals in the 4x100 relay. The world was captivated by his double sprint win with world-record times in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which made him the first athlete to hold both records after fully automatic time became mandatory.An eleven-time World Champion, he won consecutive World Championship 100 m, 200 m and 4 x 100 metres relay gold medals between 2009 until 2015. With the exception of a 100m false start in 2011. Bolt is the most successful male athlete at the World Championships. Bolt was the only male athlete to win four World Championship titles at 200m. Bolt also holds the record in the 100m with three titles. Bolt's 100m world record was 9.69 seconds. Bolt set it in 2009. It is the greatest improvement since the advent of electronic timing was introduced in the year 2000. He has twice broken the 200 metres world record by setting 19.30 in 2008 and 19.19 in 2009. Bolt helped Jamaica achieve three world records for 4x100m relays. The current record is 36.84 seconds. Bolt's most successful race is the 200 m having won three Olympic and four World titles. Bolt's first international appearance over 100m was the 2008 Olympics. He had earlier won several 200m golds, including silver at the World Championships of 2007. Alongside the records for the event Bolt also held the world record for under-20s as well as the world's record for the under-18 age group until Erriyon knighton took them down in 2021.