Allyson Felix
Allyson Michelle Felix was born in Los Angeles on November 18 1985. She was the daughter of Paul Felix was an ordained minister at the Master's Seminary in Sun Valley as well as the mother of her child Marlean Felix was a school teacher at Balboa Magnet Elementary School. Felix was an athlete of the highest level and discovered her love of sprinting while in the sprints at Los Angeles Baptist High School. Within a short time after her first attempt, Felix placed 2nd in the 200-meter race at the U.S. Indoor Track and Field Championship. Felix finished high school and subsequently signed an agreement to Adidas. In 2004, she began her studies at her first year at the University of Southern California, where her major was elementary education. Felix was presented with her first Olympic medal at the 2004's Summer Olympics in Athens Greece. Felix ran 200m in 22.18s, setting a new junior world record. Felix became the world's youngest champion in the 200 meters at the Helsinki World Championships and defended her title again in 2007 beating long-time Jamaican competitor Veronica Campbell. Felix participated at her first Olympics at Beijing London Rio de Janeiro as well as Tokyo regularly placing in the top three of her events.





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