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Jesse Owens Usain Bolt
Carlos A. Acevedo
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Jesse Owens
1913-1980
1933 National Interscholastic
Championships, Chicago• 100 yard dash (9.4 sec)
• 220 yard dash (22.6 sec)
Long Jump
(8.13 metres [26.67 feet])
1936 Berlin Olympics• 100-metre run (10.3 sec)
• 200-metre run (20.7 sec)
Usain Bolt
August 21, 1986
High School & Regional Competitions
2001• 200 metres sprints (22.04 sec)
• 400 metres sprints (28.28 sec)
World Junior Championships2002
• Won gold in 200 metres
• Two Silver medals
World Youth Championships2003
• Break 200 metres record
2004
• 1st Junior sprinter that runs 200 metres under 20 sec. (19.93)
• Break Roy Martin’s world junior record.
2006• Returns with 19.88 (New Personal best) in
Grand Prix, Lausanne
• Gained silver and three bronze medals (International Competitions)
National Competitions2007
• Beat Don Quarrie’s 200 metres record (19.75 sec)
• Won Gold in 100 metres (10.03 sec)
2008• Beat Asafa Powell’s 100 metres world record.
(9.72 sec)
• Break Jamaican record (19.67 sec)
• Break 100, 200 and 4x100 metres records. (Olympics, Beijing Games)
Berlin, Germany2009
• Break his 100 and 200 metres records. (9.58 sec) & (19.19 sec)
Videos
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By1JQFxfLMM&feature=related
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1XclGwJY8s&feature=related