Allyson Felix

Allyson Nicole Felix was born November 18 the 18th of November, 1985, in Los Angeles. Felix's father Paul Felix is an ordained minister in the Master's Seminary, Sun Valley. As for her mother, Marlean Felix is a teacher at Balboa Magnet Primary School. Felix showed a flair for athletics early on discovering her ability to sprint when she attended the Los Angeles Baptist High School. Ten weeks after the first trial she took, she was ranked 2nd in the 200m race in the U.S. Indoor Track and Field Championship. Felix graduated from high school and signed a pro-contract to Adidas. In 2004, she began her studies at her first year at the University of Southern California, in the area of elementary education. A year later Felix was awarded her very first Olympic medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Greece breaking a junior world record by running 200 meters at 22.18 seconds. She was the youngest to win the 200 meter at the World Championships that took place in Helsinki in 2005. She won her medal time and time again in 2007 defeating the long-time Jamaican rival Veronica Campbell. Felix had a steady performance at Beijing, London Rio de Janeiro, and Tokyo. She always finished at the top of the podium in the events.