Allyson Felix
Allyson Nicole Felix was born November 18 the 18th of November, 1985, in Los Angeles. The father of her Paul Felix was an ordained minister at the Master's Seminary in Sun Valley as well as their mother Marlean Felix was a school teacher at Balboa Magnet Elementary School. Felix was a natural athlete and discovered her love for sprinting in the sprints at Los Angeles Baptist High School. Ten weeks after the first attempt she made, she was ranked 2nd in the 200m race at the U.S. Indoor Track and Field Championship. Felix signed a contract for an official career at Adidas in 2003, and after that she enrolled at University of Southern California to study elementary education. Felix was awarded her first Olympic gold at the Athens Summer Olympics 2004. Felix broke a junior-world record in the 200-meter race with a time of 22.18. The year 2005 was the time she became the youngest 200-meter world champion in the Helsinki World Championships. She was able to defend her title in 2007, beating her long-time Jamaican opponent Veronica Campbell. Felix always placed in the top three in all of her races in Beijing London Rio de Janeiro Tokyo.
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