Allyson Felix
Allyson Michel Felix was born November 18, 1985 in Los Angeles. Paul Felix, the father of Allyson Michelle Felix, is a minister at Master's Seminary Sun Valley. Marlean Felix works as a teacher of primary schools in Balboa Magnet. Felix showed an early aptitude to play sports while studying at Los Angeles Baptist High School. She discovered her sprinting potential at the time. A mere 10 weeks after the initial trial she took her skills, she placed second for 200m at the U.S. Indoor Track and Field Championship. Felix finished high school and subsequently signed an official contract for Adidas. In the year 2004, she was enrolled at the University of Southern California, where her major was elementary education. One year later Felix won her first Olympic medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Greece breaking a junior world record by running 200 meters at 22.18 seconds. She was the youngest 200-meter world champion during the Helsinki World Championships. She defended this title in 2007, defeating her former Jamaican competitor Veronica Campbell. Felix was consistently in the top third in each of her events in Beijing London Rio de Janeiro Tokyo.





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