Allyson Felix
Allyson Michel Felix was born November 18, 1985, in Los Angeles. Paul Felix served as an ordained minister within Sun Valley at Master's Seminary. Marlean Felix taught at Balboa Magnet. Felix was a natural athlete and found her passion for sprinting during her time at Los Angeles Baptist High School. After just 10 weeks of her first race, Felix placed second in the 200 meters race of the U.S. Indoor Track and Field Championship. Felix was signed to a professional career with Adidas in 2003, and after that she enrolled at University of Southern California to study elementary education. The following year, Felix was awarded the first Olympic medal during the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Greece setting an all-time junior world record taking 200 metres at 22.18 seconds. The youngest winner of the 200 meter during the World Championships held in Helsinki in the year 2005. She was able to defend her record once again in 2007, beating her time-tested Jamaican rival Veronica Campbell. Felix was consistently in the top third of each of her events in Beijing London Rio de Janeiro Tokyo.
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