Allyson Felix

Allyson Nicole Felix was born November 18, 1985, in Los Angeles. Her father Paul Felix was an ordained minister at the Master's Seminary in Sun Valley and their mother Marlean Felix was a school teacher at Balboa Magnet Elementary School. Felix was an athlete of the highest level and discovered her love of sprinting while during her time at Los Angeles Baptist High School. After her first audition, she placed within the top two places at the U.S. Indoor Track and Field Championships, for 200 meters in just 10 weeks. Felix signed a contract for a career in professional sports with Adidas in 2003. She after that she enrolled at University of Southern California to learn about elementary education. Felix won her first Olympic gold medal during the Athens Summer Olympics 2004. Felix broke a junior-world record in the 200-meter race with a time of 22.18. At the 2005 Helsinki World Championships, Felix was the youngest world champion for the 200m. The following year, she defended the title against her Jamaican opponent Veronica Campbell. Felix placed consistently at the top of the podium across her diverse competitions in the Olympics that took place in Beijing London Rio de Janeiro Tokyo.

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