Allyson Felix

Allyson Nicole Felix was born on the 18th of November the 18th of November, 1985, at Los Angeles. Her father Paul Felix is an ordained Minister at Master's Seminary, Sun Valley. As for her mother, Marlean Felix is a teacher at Balboa Magnet Primary School. Felix was an athlete of the highest level and discovered her love for sprinting during her time at Los Angeles Baptist High School. Within a short time after her first race, Felix was 2nd in the 200-meter race of the U.S. Indoor Track and Field Championship. Felix completed high school and subsequently signed a pro-contract for Adidas. In 2004 she enrolled in an institution called the University of Southern California, where her major was elementary education. Felix was presented with her first Olympic prize at the 2004 Summer Olympics In Athens Greece. Felix ran 200m in 22.18s and set an all-time junior world record. She was the youngest world winner in the 200m in the 2005 Helsinki World Championships and defended her title in 2007 beating long-time Jamaican competitor Veronica Campbell. Felix always placed within the top three across her diverse competitions in the Olympics held during Beijing London Rio de Janeiro Tokyo.

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