Usain Bolt

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William Knibb Memorial High School: Grew up playing cricket and football in rural Trelawny before cricket coach Pablo McNeil noticed his extraordinary sprint speed. Won his first annual high school championships medal in 2001. At age 15, won the 200m gold at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Kingston, becoming the youngest world junior gold medalist in history. Olympic & World Championship Supremacy (2008–2017): Trained under coach Glen Mills at the Racers Track Club in Kingston. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, shattered world records in both the 100m (9.69s, slowing down to celebrate) and 200m (19.30s). At the 2009 Berlin World Championships, set the current unbeaten human physical limits: 9.58 seconds in the 100m (peak instantaneous velocity: 44.72 km/h / 27.78 mph) and 19.19 seconds in the 200m. Retains 8 Olympic Gold Medals (his 2008 4x100m relay gold was stripped in 2017 after teammate Nesta Carter tested positive for methylhexaneamine). Retired after the 2017 World Championships; briefly trialed with Australian A-League club Central Coast Mariners in 2018. Commercials & 2023 SSL Financial Fraud: Signed a lifetime ambassadorial deal with Puma in 2013 (earning ~$10M/yr through retirement); founded Tracks & Records restaurant chain in Jamaica. In January 2023, discovered $12.7 Million was missing from his retirement investment account at Kingston-based firm Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL) due to a massive internal fraud scheme; the Jamaican Financial Services Commission and FBI investigated the embezzlement. Partner: Kasi Bennett; three children: daughter Olympia Lightning (born 2020) and twin sons Thunder and Saint Leo (born 2021).

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