Allyson Felix

Allyson Michel Felix was born on November 18th, 1985 in Los Angeles. Felix's father Paul Felix was an ordained minister at the Master's Seminary in Sun Valley while their mother Marlean Felix was a school teacher at Balboa Magnet Elementary School. Felix demonstrated a talent for sports early in her life, and discovered her athletic abilities when she attended the Los Angeles Baptist High School. The school placed second at the U.S. Indoor Track and Field Championships, in just 10 weeks, after her very first tryout. In 2003 Felix was a senior in high school signing a professional contract with the company that makes sports Adidas after which she enrolled in the University of Southern California where she studied elementary education. Felix received her first Olympic Medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics that took place in Athens Greece. She established an Junior World Record sprinting 200 meters in 22.18 seconds. In 2005, at the Helsinki World Championships, Felix was the youngest world champion for the 200 meter race. She defended the title once again in 2007, beating her Jamaican opponent Veronica Campbell. Felix had a steady performance in London, Beijing Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo. She consistently placed in the top three of every event.