So far, no one has succeeded in overtaking Usain Bolt at distances of 100 and 200 meters. The Jamaican athlete holds several world records in athletics. The fastest man on the planet has climbed to the top of the Olympic podium eight times. In 2017, Bolt announced his retirement from athletics. A year later, it became known that Bolt decided to try his hand at football.
From the biography of Usain Bolt
The future champion was born on August 21, 1986 in the village of Sherwood Content (Jamaica). His father was in business - he had his own store where he sold groceries. Mom was engaged in the household and raised three children: Bolt has an older sister and a younger brother.
Already in childhood, Usi raved about sports, dreamed of higher achievements. Until the age of 10, the boy tried his hand at cricket and football. The inventory was tight, so children often used improvised means as a ball.
Bolt got into the athletics section when he was in middle school. The experienced coach immediately noticed the young runner's excellent starting speed. He persuaded Bolt to give up sports and concentrate on athletics. By the age of 12, Usain becomes the champion of the district. Best of all he was given sprint distances.
Usain Bolt and athletics
Even in his youth, Bolt showed the highest results in running. Soon he won several major victories in world-class junior competitions.
In 2007, Usain won the silver medal at the World Athletics Championships for the first time: in the Japanese city of Osaka, he took second place in the relay. After that, there were no silver medals in Bolt's career. All his subsequent awards were gold-tinted. The Jamaican runner has become world champion 11 times, Olympic champion 8 times.
The bolt has not only amazing natural sprint inclinations, but also an enviable performance. World-renowned doctors studied the athlete from all sides and came to the conclusion that the whole point is in a genetic predisposition to a particular sport. With a height of 195 cm, the Bolt weighs 94 kg. Excellent physical shape became the key to success in sports for Usain. Until now, there have been no athletes in the world who, in terms of their physical data and results, could come close to the Jamaican athlete.
Usain Bolt's personal life
Usain Bolt is not married. But he devotes a lot of time to his personal life. The runner is known for his romances with TV presenter Tanesh Simpson, model Rebecca Paisley, British athlete Megan Edwards. Usain's longest-running romance was with model April Jackson. She is Bolt's compatriot.
In 2009, while traveling in Africa, Bolt bought a three-month-old cheetah cub whose mother had been shot by Kenyan poachers. Usain regularly pays for the pet at the animal shelter.
The famous athlete spends most of his time in Kingston, the capital of Jamaica. He performs training work on the basis of the university stadium. Bolt is considered the richest athlete in the world. At the same time, he receives the main payments for sponsorship and advertising contracts. Bolt also has his own restaurant in Kingston.
Usain loves cars and is proud of his fleet. It is known that he prefers to drive barefoot.
After completing his athletics career in 2017, Bolt switched to football. However, this hobby of the Jamaican athlete did not last too long: in January 2019, Usain announced that his football career had also come to an end.
