Allyson Felix

Allyson Michel Felix was born November 18, 1985 in Los Angeles. Paul Felix, her father was an ordained minister in the Master's Seminary Sun Valley. Marlean Felix worked at Balboa Magnet elementary school. Felix was an athlete of the highest level and found her passion for sprinting during her time at Los Angeles Baptist High School. Ten weeks after the first time she tried out the sport, she finished 2nd in the 200m race in the U.S. Indoor Track and Field Championship. Felix finished high school in 2003 and became a part of Adidas a contract as professional athlete. In the following year, she was a student at the University of Southern California studying elementary education. Her first Olympic medal was won at the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens Greece. Felix set a world junior record for running 200m in 22.18 secs. The year 2005 was the time she was the youngest world champion of 200 meters in the Helsinki World Championships. She defended this title in 2007, defeating her former Jamaican competitor Veronica Campbell. Felix always placed in the top three in all of her events in Beijing London Rio de Janeiro Tokyo.