Sport
Peerless
Usain Bolt
born 1986
World-record holder at 100 and 200 metres and eight-time Olympic champion
Peerless is level 1 of 4 in the Jamaica Hall of Fame: changed the field itself. Tell the country's story without them and the story breaks. See how the levels work.
Why they are here
A sprinter from Trelawny who won the 100 and 200 metres at three consecutive Olympic Games and set world records that still stand.
At the 2009 World Championships in Berlin Bolt ran 9.58 seconds for 100 metres and 19.19 for 200 metres, records that have not been approached since. He won Olympic sprint titles in Beijing, London and Rio de Janeiro and became one of the most famous athletes on earth, with a showmanship that made athletics a spectacle again.
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