Usain Bolt Bibliography - Year 2003

Bolt’s career kept getting better and in 2003 he won a gold medal running 200 meters finishing the race at 20.40 seconds at the World Youth Championships in Sheerbroke. He did this even though there was a 1.1 m/s head wind!

During this time Michael Johnson was the 200 meter world record holder was impressed by Bolt, but also the athletic world. During the Pan-American Junior Championships Bolt broke the world junior record and attracted the interest of the press who saw him as a rising star. In fact, by the shy age of 16 he achieved times that were not reached by Johnson until he was 20 years old. Read about Usain Bolt in 2004!