Allyson Felix

Allyson Michelle Felix was born in Los Angeles on November 18 1985. She was the daughter of Paul Felix was an ordained minister at the Master's Seminary in Sun Valley, and the mother of her child Marlean Felix was a school teacher at Balboa Magnet Elementary School. Felix discovered early that she had an aptitude for running when attending Los Angeles Baptist High School. In only 10 weeks following her first attempt, Felix finished second in the 200 meters race in the U.S. Indoor Track and Field Championship. In 2003, Felix was a senior in high school and signed a professional deal with the company that makes sports Adidas before enrolling at the University of Southern California where she was studying elementary education. One year later Felix won her first Olympic medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Greece setting an all-time junior world record sprinting 200 meters at 22.18 seconds. She was the youngest winner of the 200-meter race during the World Championships held in Helsinki in 2005. She was able to defend her record time and time again in 2007 beating her the long-time Jamaican rival Veronica Campbell. Felix competed in her first Olympics during Beijing London Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo consistently placing within the top three in all her competitions.