How old was Bolt when his 2002 World Junior 200 m win made him the youngest world-junior gold medallist? He was 15 years old.
Bolt won the 200 metres at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Kingston, Jamaica, in front of a home crowd. His winning time was 20.61 seconds, following an even faster 20.58-second performance in the first round. The victory made him the youngest athlete to win a world-junior gold medal at the time.
The result marked an important early step in Bolt’s development. At roughly 1.95 metres tall, he already stood out physically among his peers, but he was still learning to manage pressure. He later recalled being so nervous before the final that he initially put his shoes on the wrong feet.
Bolt also won relay silver medals at those championships. The achievement should not be confused with his senior World Championship or Olympic titles, which came later as his career moved onto the global stage.