Sports Personality of the Year: Usain Bolt wins Lifetime Achievement award

The Lifetime Achievement award will be given to Bolt, the eight-time Olympic gold medal winner.

Bolt retired in August of last year as a 19-time global champion.

He won Olympic gold in the 100m and 200m at three consecutive Games.

Bolt said that if you work hard you can get anything you want.

My dad told me to work hard for what I want. He showed me how hard he worked to provide for me and my family.

Be focused and work on it.

Bolt, widely acknowledged as the greatest sprinter of all time and the only athlete to win both the 100m and 200m at three consecutive Olympics, set a new world record in the 100m at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.

He also holds the 200m world record of 19.19 seconds, which he set four days after his 100m record in Berlin, with those successes the first of 11 golds.

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Bolt's first world medals came in the 200m and 4x 100m in Osaka in 2007, and he credits that to the hard work required for him to be successful. Four years after a false start in the 100m, he was reminded to keep focused on his goals.

He said that everything happened for a reason. I could have gone to Daegu and won the gold medal.

I had to stick to what I know. I was focused and going.

The Jamaican completed an unprecedented 'triple triple' of Olympic gold medals at his final Games in Rio - but he has since lost his 2008 4x 100m title after his teammate tested positive for a banned substance.

After winning a bronze medal in the men's 100m at the World Championships, Bolt decided to retire.

Bolt said that he feels accomplished. I did all I could in my sport.

It is gratifying to know that I was able to accomplish what I wanted. I encourage people to believe in themselves.

Last year's recipient Simone Biles is one of the previous winners of the award.

The Sports Personality of the Year will be held at MediaCityUK in Manchester.