Allyson Felix
Allyson Melissa Felix was born at Los Angeles, California on November 18th 1985. Her father Paul Felix was an ordained minister at the Master's Seminary in Sun Valley as well as her mother Marlean Felix was a school teacher at Balboa Magnet Elementary School. Felix was an athlete of the highest level and discovered her love for sprinting in the sprints at Los Angeles Baptist High School. At her first attempt, she placed within the top two places at the U.S. Indoor Track and Field Championships, for 200 meters in just 10 weeks. In 2003 Felix was a senior in high school signing a professional contract with the sports company Adidas and then enrolled at the University of Southern California where she completed her elementary education. Felix was presented with her first Olympic medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics In Athens Greece. Felix ran 200 meters in 22.18s, setting the new world junior record. The year 2005 was the time she was the world's youngest champion in 200 meters at the Helsinki World Championships. She was able to defend her title in 2007, beating her longtime Jamaican competitor Veronica Campbell. Felix was consistently in the top third in each of her races in Beijing London Rio de Janeiro Tokyo.
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