Allyson Felix went to the University of Southern California. She graduated from USC with a degree in elementary education.
Allyson Michelle Felix was born on November 18, 2023 in California. She is a track and field sprint athlete who competes in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters.
At the age of 18, Allyson Felix made her Olympic debut at the 2004 Athens Games, where she claimed the 200m silver medal behind Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell-Brown. Four years later, at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Felix again finished second to Campbell-Brown. Then at the 2012 London Games, Felix finally won her first Olympic 200m gold medal.
Felix also earned gold medals in the 4x100m and 4x400m in London to become the first female U.S. track athlete to win three gold medals at a single Olympics since Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988. She has more world championship gold medals than any other U.S. athlete.
In sports buzz, the U.S. women's 4x100 relay dropped the baton on the second exchange on Thursday, August 18, in the qualifying heats, knocking them out of the final. However, Allyson Felix said she was bumped by a Brazilian runner right before she got to the zone, and replays confirmed. Brazil was disqualified, and a U.S. appeal was upheld. Read more of the news at USA Today.