Allyson Michelle Felix was born on 18th November, 1985.Born and raised in California, Felix is a devout Christian and the daughter of Paul, an ordained minister and professor of New Testament at The Master’s Seminary in Sun Valley, California (3) and Marlean who is an elementary school teacher at Balboa Magnet Elementary. (1) Her older brother Wes Felix is also a sprinter. Also running the 200, he was the USA Junior Champion in 2002(4) and the Pac-10 champion in 2003 and 2004 while running for USC.
Allyson Felix attended Los Angeles Baptist High School in North Hills, California, where she was nicknamed “Chicken Legs” by her teammates, because the five-foot-six, 125-pound sprinter’s body had skinny legs despite her strength.(1) But Felix’s slightness was at seeming odds with her speed on the track and strength in the gym, where, while still in high school, she dead lifted at least 270 pounds.(6) She credits much of her success to her coach, Was Smith.
At just 18, Felix finished as silver medalist in the 200 meters at the 2004 Summer Olympics, behind Veronica Campbell of Jamaica; in so doing, she set a World Junior record over 200 meters with her time of 22.18. Felix is coached by Bobby Kersee, husband and coach of Olympic champion and world record holding heptathlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
Felix became the youngest-ever gold medalist sprinter in the 200 meters at the World Championships in Helsinki in 2005 and then successfully defended her title at Osaka two years later.
She is an athlete who competes internationally for the United States. Her specialty is the 200 meter, winning the 2012 Olympic gold, two Olympic silver medals, and three world championship golds. She also competes at the 100 meter and the 400 meter distances, winning three Olympic gold medals as a member of the United States’ women’s relay teams, two at 4×400 meters and one as part of the world-record 4×100 meter team.
Allyson Felix is a 3x recipient of the Jesse Owens Award from USATF signifying the Athlete of the Year. She won the award for the first time in 2005, in 2007, she won the award again. And won it for a third time in 2010. (23) She is only the second woman (after Marion Jones) to win the award three times. Felix also won the IAAF female athlete of the year in 2012.
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