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BORN: August 1986, Trelawny, Jamaica

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Six Olympic golds, eleven World golds and one Commonwealth gold

1) Bolt was sport mad growing up in Jamaica, alternating his time between athletics and football. He burst onto the international scene by winning the 200m at the 2002 World Juniors. It took him until 2007, though, to win his first senior medal with two World silvers.

2) The lanky Jamaican hit his sprinting stride fully by the 2008 Beijing Olympics, winning gold in the 100m, 200m and 4 x 100m relay. He repeated the feat in London four years later, racking up several more golds and world records at the World Championships in between.

3) Lightning Bolt found Chinese food ‘odd’ at the Beijing Olympics, so much so that he put his world record win down to a diet of McDonald’s Chicken Nuggets. The Great Britain sprint team is now dining exclusively at Chicken Cottage ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics.

4) The multiple world-record holder loves to party and one of his favourite haunts is the Oktoberfest in Munich. His favourite drink is an incredibly swift half.

DID YOU KNOW: Bolt pleaded with Villa fan Prince William to let son George grow up as a Manchester United supporter. He said, ‘It isn’t fair to put a child through that – especially not a prince.’ Based on some of Charles N’Zogbia’s crosses, baby George could do a job on the wing now.

Here’s Usain with William and Kate.

Prince William’s just saying, ‘Sorry about Grandad –

he’s from a different generation.’

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