#2 Usain Bolt (Jamaica)
Usain Bolt was THE MAN at the Olympic games. The world’s fastest man had always promised that the games in Brazil would be his last and he promised to deliver the triple-triple. Despite a hamstring injury in the build-up to the games, Bolt delivered when it mattered the most.
Like he did in the past two editions of the games, Usain Bolt won three more gold medals at Rio winning the men’s 100m , men’s 200m and the men’s 4x100m sprint races and set the athletics race track alive for one last time at the Olympics. He held off stiff competitions from the likes of Justin Gatlin and Andre Grasse to take the finishing line first for one last time at the world stage.
With his performance at Rio 2016, Usain Bolt finally achieved the unthinkable Treble treble and sealed his legacy as the greatest sprinter in history at the Olympic games.
Medals : 3 Gold (Men’s 100m, Men’s 200m , Men’s 4x100m)