Allyson Felix
Allyson Nicole Felix was born on November 18, 1985, located in Los Angeles. Her father Paul Felix is an ordained minister of the Master's Seminary, Sun Valley. And her mother Marlean Felix is a teacher at Balboa Magnet Primary School. Felix showed an early aptitude for sports when she was attending Los Angeles Baptist High School. Felix discovered her athletic talent at that at the time. Following her initial audition and placing among the top two athletes in the U.S. Indoor Track and Field Championships, for 200-meter sprint in only 10 weeks. Felix completed high school in 2003 and signed with Adidas a contract as a professional athlete. In the following year, she was a student at the University of Southern California studying elementary education. Felix was awarded her first Olympic Medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics which took place at Athens Greece. Felix set the Junior World Record running 200 metres in 22.18 second. The year 2005 was the time she was the youngest world champion of 200 meters at the Helsinki World Championships. She was able to defend her title in 2007 beating her long-time Jamaican opponent Veronica Campbell. Felix participated in Beijing London Rio de Janeiro Tokyo and consistently placed in the top three of athletes in each of her events.
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