Allyson Felix

Allyson Nicole Felix was born on November 18 of 1985 in Los Angeles. Paul Felix, her father was an ordained minister of Master's Seminary Sun Valley. Marlean Felix worked at Balboa Magnet school for children in the elementary grades. Felix displayed an early talent for sports when she was attending Los Angeles Baptist High School. Felix discovered her athletic potential at the at the time. Within 10 weeks of her initial tryout, she placed 2nd in the 200 meter event in the U.S. Indoor Track and Field Championship. Felix completed her high school year in 2003 and became a part of Adidas an agreement as a professional athlete. Following that, she attended University of Southern California studying elementary education. Felix's first Olympic medal came at the 2004 Summer Olympics which took place at Athens Greece. Felix set the world junior record by the 200m race in 22.18 secs. The youngest winner of the 200 meter in the world championships that took place in Helsinki in the year 2005. She was able to defend her record the following year, beating her the long-time Jamaican competitor Veronica Campbell. Felix always placed in the top 3 throughout her events during the Olympics that took place in Beijing London Rio de Janeiro Tokyo.