- The 28 year old has won six Olympic gold medals – three in London and three in Beijing
- He has also won eight IAAF World Championship gold medals since 2009 to add to two silver medals from 2007
- He holds the 100m wold record of 9.58 and the 200m world record of 19.19 – both set at the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Beijing
- The Jamaican last competed individually in the UK at the 2013 edition of the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games, winning the 100m in 9.85 seconds
- He won the 200m at the 2002 World Junior Championships, at the age of 15 this made him the youngest ever world junior champion
- Bolt competed at his first Olympic Games in 2004, aged just 17
- He holds the three fastest 100m times ever
- No other athlete has come within a tenth of a second of Bolt’s 100m world record
- Only fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake has got within a tenth of a second of Bolt’s 200m world record
- Bolt is a big fan of cricket and English football team Manchester United