Allyson Felix

Allyson Michelle Felix was born in Los Angeles on November 18 1985. Paul Felix, the father of Allyson Michelle Felix is a minister ordained at Master's Seminary Sun Valley. Marlean Felix works as a teacher of primary schools in Balboa Magnet. Felix's ability to compete in athletics was evident from the moment she was enrolled at Los Angeles Baptist High School. Ten weeks after the first time she tried out, she was ranked second in 200m in the U.S. Indoor Track and Field Championship. Felix completed high school in 2003 and was signed by Adidas an agreement as an athlete in professional competition. In the following year, she enrolled at the University of Southern California studying elementary education. A year later Felix won her very first Olympic medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Greece setting the world junior record taking 200 metres at 22.18 seconds. Felix was also the youngest winner of the 200 meter during the World Championships held in Helsinki in 2005. She won her medal the following year, beating her long-time Jamaican rival Veronica Campbell. Felix always placed in the top third of each event she competed in at Beijing London Rio de Janeiro Tokyo.