Sports VIPs: Meet Allyson Felix

Sports VIPs: Meet Allyson Felix book cover — TABLE OF CONTENTS CHASING HISTORY FAST FACTS CHAPTER 1 BORN TO RUN CHAPTER 2 GOING PRO CHAPTER 3 BUILDING A LEGACY CHAPTER 4 GOLD MEDAL MOM ALLYSON FELIX CAREER STATS GLOSSARY SOURCE NOTES INDEX 4 5 8.14 18.24.28 29 30 31

Sports VIPs: Meet Allyson Felix — page 1 — 4 USA TOKYO 2020 CHASING HISTORY Allyson Felix needed to run during summer 2020. The Olympic Games that year had been postponed The deadly illness COVID 19 was sweeping around the world Her normal gyms and training centers shut down to avoid spreading the disease

Sports VIPs: Meet Allyson Felix — page 2 — It was something that was really hard to deal with Felix said As an Olympic athlete timing is everything and you make so many sacrifices to be able to be ready in the moment So when I learned that it wasn't going to be happening it was pretty crushing FAST FACTS DATE OF BIRTH November 18 1985 POSITION sprinter LEAGUE USA Track and Field PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS was the Track and Field News 2003 High School Athlete of the Year is an 11 time Olympic medalist seven gold three silver and one bronze won 12 world championships PERSONAL HIGHLIGHTS grew up in Los Angeles California graduated from the University of Southern California USC with a degree in elementary education married Kenneth Ferguson and welcomed daughter Camryn in 2018 5

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