Allyson Felix

Allyson Michel Felix was born the 18th of November 1985, in Los Angeles. Paul Felix, her father was an ordained minister in the Master's Seminary Sun Valley. Marlean Felix worked at Balboa Magnet Elementary School. Felix showed an early aptitude to play sports while studying at Los Angeles Baptist High School. Felix discovered her athletic potential at the at the time. Felix finished second in the U.S. Indoor Track and Field Championships in only 10 weeks after the first time she tried out. Felix was a high school graduate when she graduated from school in 2003 signed a sports contract with Adidas. She then attended the University of Southern California and pursued a degree in elementary education. Felix took home her first Olympic medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics that took place at Athens Greece. She broke an Junior World Record sprinting 200 meters in 22.18 seconds. The year 2005 was the time she became the youngest 200-meter world champion at the Helsinki World Championships. She won the title again in 2007 beating her longtime Jamaican rival Veronica Campbell. Felix competed at her first Olympics during Beijing London Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo regularly placing in the top three places in all her events.

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