Allyson Felix

Allyson Michel Felix was born on November 18th, 1985, in Los Angeles. Her father Paul Felix was an ordained minister at the Master's Seminary in Sun Valley, and Her mother Marlean Felix was a school teacher at Balboa Magnet Elementary School. Felix's talent for athletics was apparent from the time she started attending Los Angeles Baptist High School. Within a short time after the first time she tried, she finished second in the 200 meter sprint on the U.S. Indoor Track and Field Championship. Felix was a high school graduate when she graduated from school in 2003, signed an agreement with Adidas. Then she attended the University of Southern California and studied elementary education. A year later Felix won her very first Olympic medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Greece making an all-time junior world record running 200 meters at 22.18 seconds. In 2005, at the Helsinki World Championships, Felix became the world's youngest champion for the 200 meter race. She was able to defend the title once again in 2007, winning over her Jamaican competitor Veronica Campbell. Felix always placed among the top 3 athletes in all her competitions in the Olympics held in Beijing London Rio de Janeiro Tokyo.

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