Allyson Felix
Allyson Michael Felix an Los Angeles native born on the 18th November 1985. Paul Felix, her father, was an ordained pastor of Master's Seminary Sun Valley. Marlean Felix worked at Balboa Magnet elementary school. Felix was an athlete of the highest level and developed a passion of sprinting while in the sprints at Los Angeles Baptist High School. After just 10 weeks of her initial attempt, she was second in the 200 meter race at the U.S. Indoor Track and Field Championship. In 2003 Felix graduated from high school and signed a professional deal with the sports company Adidas and then enrolled in the University of Southern California where she was studying elementary education. One year later Felix was awarded her first Olympic medal during the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Greece breaking a junior world record by running 200 meters at 22.18 seconds. She was the youngest world champion in the 200 meters in the Helsinki World Championships and defended her title in 2007 beating long-time Jamaican competitor Veronica Campbell. Felix consistently placed within the top third of each event she competed in at Beijing London Rio de Janeiro Tokyo.
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