Name: Allyson Felix

Sport: Track and Field

Event(s): 400-meter, 400-meter relay

Height: 5-6

DOB: 11/18/1985

Birthplace: Los Angeles, Calif.

Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif.

High School: Los Angeles Baptist High School (North Hills, Calif.) ‘03

College: University of Southern California ‘07, Elementary Education

Coach(es): Bob Kersee

Olympic Experience

• Five-time Olympian (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020); 11-time Olympic medalist (7 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
• Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, bronze (400-meter), gold (4x400-meter relay)
• Olympic Games Rio 2016, gold (4x100-meter relay, 4x400-meter relay), silver (400-meter)
• Olympic Games London 2012, gold (200-meter, 4x100-meter relay, 4x400-meter relay), 5th (100-meter)
• Olympic Games Beijing 2008, gold (4x400-meter relay), silver (200-meter)
• Olympic Games Athens 2004, silver (200-meter)

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2019 – gold (4x400-meter relay, 4x400-meter mixed relay)
• Years of participation: Outdoor – 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019; Indoor – 2010
• Medals: 19 (14 golds, 3 silvers, 2 bronzes)
• Gold – 2019 (4x400-meter relay, 4x400-meter mixed relay); 2017 (4x100-meter relay, 4x400-meter relay); 2015 (400-meter); 2011 (4x100-meter relay, 4x400-meter relay); 2010 (4x400-meter relay); 2009 (200-meter, 4x400-meter relay); 2007 (200-meter, 4x100-meter relay, 4x400-meter relay); 2005 (200-meter)
• Silver – 2015 (4x100-meter relay, 4x400-meter relay); 2011 (400-meter)
• Bronze – 2017 (400-meter); 2011 (200-meter)

Personal: Daughter of Paul and Marlean Felix...Has one brother, Wes, who is her agent...Father, Paul, is an ordained minister who teaches New Testament Greek...Began competing in track and field as a freshman in high school...High school teammates called her “chicken legs” due to her long, spindly legs...Part of Project Believe, a voluntary drug-testing program which goes beyond the normal drug-testing requirements to protect clean athletes...Her secret talent is baking, specifically cinnamon rolls and German chocolate cake...Is a self-proclaimed “fashionista” and has attended New York Fashion Week...Member of Barack Obama’s council for fitness, sports and nutrition...Right to Play ambassador, and has traveled, through the organization, to Lebanon and Palestine, witnessing first-hand how play inspires children to improve their lives and communities...After competition, she unwinds with a good steak and ice cream.

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