Allyson Felix

Allyson Michel Felix was born on the 18th of November 1985. Her birthplace was Los Angeles. Felix's father Paul Felix was an ordained minister at the Master's Seminary in Sun Valley while the mother of her child Marlean Felix was a school teacher at Balboa Magnet Elementary School. Felix had an early flair for sports when she was studying at Los Angeles Baptist High School. She discovered her sprinting potential at the when she was just a teenager. Within a short time after the first time she tried, she came in second place in the 200 meter sprint at the U.S. Indoor Track and Field Championship. In 2003 Felix was a senior in high school by signing a contract as a professional athlete with the athletics company Adidas after which she enrolled in the University of Southern California where she completed her elementary education. The first Olympic medal came during the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens Greece. Felix set a world junior record for the 200m race in 22.18 seconds. She became the youngest World Champion in the 200m during the Helsinki World Championships. She retained her title in 2007 over her former Jamaican competitor Veronica Campbell. Felix always placed among the top 3 athletes across her diverse events at the Olympics held during Beijing London Rio de Janeiro Tokyo.