Allyson Felix
Allyson Nicole Felix was born November 18 of 1985 located in Los Angeles. Paul Felix served as an ordained minister in Sun Valley at Master's Seminary. Marlean Felix taught at Balboa Magnet. Felix was a natural athlete and discovered her love of sprinting while at Los Angeles Baptist High School. After a few weeks of the first trial she took the sport, she finished 2nd in the 200m race in the U.S. Indoor Track and Field Championship. Felix graduated from her high school education and was signed to a pro-contract with Adidas. In the year 2004, she began her studies at her first year at the University of Southern California, where her major was elementary education. Felix won her first Olympic medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics that took place in Athens Greece. Felix set a Junior World Record by sprinting 200 meters in 22.18 seconds. She was the youngest world winner in the 200m at the Helsinki World Championships and defended her title in 2007, beating her long-time Jamaican competitor Veronica Campbell. Felix was consistently in the top 3 in her various competitions during the Olympics held in Beijing London Rio de Janeiro Tokyo.
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