The winner was Australian James Magnussen "The Missile".
1 Olympic Gold Medal, 1 Bronze Olympic Medal, 4 Amateur World Championships, 3 Professional World Championships, 2/3 World Team Championships, 3 Global Tours and numerous British and European Championships.
The first Olympic medal was awarded in 1988, but taekwondo was a demonstration sport. Taekwondo became a medal sport in 2000; however, they also hand out medals at the world championships, and the first world championships were in 1972.
Mike Powell set the long jump world record at 8.95 meters (29 feet, 4¼ inches) during the 1991 World Championships in Athletics. However, he competed in the Olympics, where he won the gold medal at the 1991 World Championships and the silver medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, jumping 8.72 meters (28 feet, 7¼ inches) in the latter. His Olympic performance remains one of the highlights of his career.
Australian swimmer James Magnussen has won two gold medals at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai. He also won a gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
Bolt won his first annual high school championships medal in 2001, taking the silver medal in the 200 meters with a time of 22.04 seconds.
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He was the only man to win the gold medal in the 100 meters at all four major events - the Olympic Games and the World, the Commonwealth and the European championships.
2009 world championships
None. Gretzky won Bronze medal with Team Canada in Finland 1982, in his only World Championships.
Lauren Mitchell won a gold medal on the floor exercise at the 2010 world championships.
Usain Bolt won his first gold medal in international competition in the 400 meters at the Carifta Games in 2002. He was 15 years old at the time. He also won gold medals at the Central American and Caribbean Championships and the World Junior Championships the same year before he turned 16.
Ryan Kesler, who plays for the United States internationally, has not won a gold medal in the Olympics or World Championships.