Jesse Owens & Usain Bolt

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