Allyson Felix

Allyson Nicole Felix was born on 18 November the 18th of November, 1985, in Los Angeles. Her father Paul Felix was an ordained minister at the Master's Seminary in Sun Valley and the mother of her child Marlean Felix was a school teacher at Balboa Magnet Elementary School. Felix's ability to compete in athletics was evident right from the first day she attended Los Angeles Baptist High School. She finished second at the U.S. Indoor Track and Field Championships after only 10 weeks following the first time she tried out. Felix was a high school graduate when she graduated from school in 2003, signed an agreement with Adidas. After that, she enrolled at college at the University of Southern California and pursued a degree in elementary education. Felix's first Olympic medal came during the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens Greece. Felix set a world junior record for taking 200 meters in 22.18 seconds. She was the youngest world winner in the 200m at the 2005 Helsinki World Championships and defended her title in 2007, defeating her time-tested Jamaican rival Veronica Campbell. Felix competed in her first Olympics at Beijing London Rio de Janeiro as well as Tokyo regularly placing in the top three of her events.