Allyson Felix
Allyson Michelle Felix was born 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 her mother Marlean Felix was a school teacher at Balboa Magnet Elementary School. Felix displayed an early talent to play sports while in high school at Los Angeles Baptist High School. Her sprinting ability at the at the time. Within 10 weeks of her first tryout she came 2nd in the 200-meter race in the U.S. Indoor Track and Field Championship. Felix, who graduated high school in 2003 signed the sports contract with Adidas. After that, she was accepted into an institution called the University of Southern California and pursued a degree in elementary education. Felix won her first Olympic gold medal during the Athens Summer Olympics 2004. Felix broke a junior-world record of running the 200m in 22.18. In 2005, the Helsinki World Championships saw her becoming the youngest female to win the 200 meter race. In 2007, she won this title and beat her Jamaican rival Veronica Campbell. Felix took part in the Olympics at Beijing London Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo consistently placing within the top three places in all her events.
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