Usain St Leo Bolt, OJ, CD is a Jamaican sprinter. He is the first person to hold both the 100 metres and 200 metres world records since fully automatic time became mandatory. He also holds the world record as a part of the 4 × 100 metres relay. Now read some interesting facts about the world's fastest man.
1. Just 15-year old Bolt won the 200-meter dash at 2002 World Junior Championships in Kingston, Jamaica and became the youngest world-junior gold medalist ever.
2. He is also a standout cricket player.
3. He has his own clothing line in conjunction with Puma.
4. He also has his own watch made by Hublot.
5. Bolt has his own headphone range 'Soul by Usain Bolt.'
6. Bolt also has a foundation under his name 'Usain Bolt Foundation.
7. As a child, he was a supporter of the Pakistani cricket team and he also admired the bowling of Waqar Younis.
8. Usain was only 15, but he was already close to his adult height of 6'5."
9. He has broken the world record in the 100m thrice – first with 9.72 in 2008, then with 9.69 at the Beijing Olympics and finally, clocking 9.58 in 2009. For the 200m, he broke it once at Beijing with 19.30 and then at Berlin with 19.19. He is the only man to win and clock world record times in each and every one of his Olympic events.
10. An avid sports fan, Bolt is a fan of the English club Manchester United and Spanish team Real Madrid.
Interesting facts about Usain bolt
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