The fastest man in the world

The fastest man today is Jamaican Usain Bolt, who is an athlete. In addition, Usain Bolt six-time Olympic champion, as well as is a repeated world champion, and of course he set four world speed records.

The first record, the fastest man in the world set on August 16, 2009, where he overcame a hundred meters in 9.58 seconds (the fastest animal, Cheetah hundred meters runs in 5.95 seconds). In the same year, a few days later Usain Bolt ran a distance of two hundred meters for 19.19 seconds. thus, he set another world record.

The third world record the fastest man on the planet set at the Olympics in Beijing in relay competitions 4 to 100. The Jamaica track and field team then ran the distance in 37.10 seconds, and already at the Olympics in London four Jamaican athletes in the composition of the Bolt defended his title in this discipline and setting a new world record — 36.84 seconds.

The most famous nickname Usain Bolt-lightning (Lightning Bolt), which him gave for his the speed and for name of.

Usain Bolt was born on August 21, 1986 in Jamaica in the Trilone region . Finished school named Willame, NIB. The first fame was gained at the age of 15, when he won the international tournament among 17-year-old runners. This tournament was held in Kingston, where Bolt was able to take one gold and two silver medals. After two years in 2004, Usain Bolt was already the world record holder at a distance of two hundred meters, which he overcame in 19.93 seconds.

Four years later, on may 3, 2008, Usain Bolt overcomes the 100-meter distance in 9.76 seconds, which is only 0.02 seconds less than the world record at the time. At that time, the fastest man was Asaf Powell (9.74 seconds per hundred meters). But on may 31 of the same year, bolt sets a new world record by running 100 meters in 9.72 seconds, and thus becoming the fastest man in the world.

But the main achievement Usain Bolt established at the Olympic games of 2008 which took place in Beijing. At these games, Usain Bolt won three gold medals, as well as set three world records. It should be noted that at a distance of 100 meters in Beijing, Usain Bolt did not run at full strength, he lost speed at the finish line, when he realized that no one would be able to catch up with him, so the speed of the fastest person could be 9.50 seconds instead of 9.69 seconds.

At the Olympic games in London, Usain won three gold medals — he was the first in the race at the hundred and two hundred meter distance, and also won gold with his team partners in the relay 4 to 100.

Today Usain Bolt is ranked first in the ranking of the international Association of Athletics Federations. In addition to all these achievements Bolt twice received the award "Rising star" and is a knight of the Jamaican order of Dignity.

In his last interview, Usain Bolt spoke about his plans - "Now I have to sit down and come up with new goals. I have achieved everything I wanted, and even a little more. The performance in Brazil is possible, but it will be quite difficult for me, as there are young and ambitious athletes. By this time I will be thirty years old, so I'm not sure I will be able to take part in the next Olympics.»

Also, the title of the fastest man on the planet was recently awarded to violinist Ben Lee, who on "Superhuman Showdown", won over its competitors: high-speed shooter and a base jumper.