Allyson Felix

Allyson Michel Felix was born on November 18, 1985 in Los Angeles. Paul Felix, her father was an ordained minister at Master's Seminary Sun Valley. Marlean Felix worked at Balboa Magnet Elementary School. Felix was a natural athlete and found her passion of sprinting while at Los Angeles Baptist High School. Within a short time after her first race, Felix was 2nd in the 200-meter race at the U.S. Indoor Track and Field Championship. In 2003, Felix was a senior in high school signing a professional contract with the athletics company Adidas prior to matriculating at the University of Southern California where she was studying elementary education. Felix won her first Olympic medal at the Athens Summer Olympics 2004. Felix broke a junior-world record in the 200-meter race with a time of 22.18. The youngest participant in the 200 meter during the World Championships that took place in Helsinki in the year 2005. She won her medal time and time again in 2007 by beating time-tested Jamaican opponent Veronica Campbell. Felix participated at Beijing London Rio de Janeiro Tokyo and was consistently within the top three athletes in her respective events.

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