Allyson Michael Felix is an Los Angeles native born on the 18th November 1985. Her father 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 showed an early aptitude to play sports while studying at Los Angeles Baptist High School. Her sprinting potential at the moment. Just 10 weeks after her first tryout she came 2nd in the 200 meters at the U.S. Indoor Track and Field Championship. Felix has graduated from high school in 2003 signed an agreement with Adidas. She then was accepted into an institution called the University of Southern California and studied elementary education. Felix received her first Olympic award at 2004's Summer Olympics in Athens Greece. Felix ran 200 meters in 22.18s, setting an all-time 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 her long-time Jamaican competitor Veronica Campbell. Felix competed in her first Olympics in Beijing London Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo consistently placing within the top three of her races.
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