Allyson Felix
Allyson Felix
Allyson Michelle Felixis an American track and field sprint athlete who competes in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters. At 200 meters, she is the 2012 Olympic champion, a 3-time World champion, and 2-time Olympic silver medalist. In 2015, she became World champion at 400 meters. She has won three additional Olympic gold medals as a member of the United States' women's relay teams; two at 4 x 400 metersand one as part of the 2012 world-record 4...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRunner
Date of Birth18 November 1985
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I myself am frustrated in just where sports are at. It's a hard thing when you're out there working every day, and you know that someone else is cheating and they may not necessarily get caught.
I always look back to my first Olympic medal in 2004 in Athens. I was very new to the sport, and it was my first big win at the Olympics.
If I wasn't active and involved in different sports and just moving around, I wouldn't have even known that I had the potential to become an Olympian.
I think it's very important, even if you're not in organized sports, but just to be active, to be healthy.
Parents have to understand, that even if their child isn't showing athletic excellence in a certain sport, they still need to be involved. They don't need to be involved in a military type of setting, they just need to get out and play and enjoy themselves and find it themselves.
I never let track define me. That's something that's really important to me. That's what I do and it's what I love, but I think by having other things I'm passionate about and interested in, it helped me to come back. It helped me to have renewed love for the sport by being able to step away and then come back.
You know, I love wearing heels. I wish I could wear them all the time, but, you know, my sport doesn't really permit it.
And as long as I'm passionate about the sport, I'm able to do that and I'm happy, then I would love to do another Olympics. I'm just going to see how I'm feeling.
I think that kids aren't even exploring the option of sports anymore, and they don't even know what they could do.
I can be a voice. I can use my platform to help the younger generation. I think it's really important for them to understand how to do things the right way, and not just in sports, in life in general.
I love the relays. Track is such an individual sport, so it's fun to do something together.
I'm passionate about my sport and grateful that I get to do it for a living.
The 200 meters is my baby. To me, it's the perfect distance. It's still a true sprint, but it unravels more. You get to enjoy the race a little bit more than the 100.
I spend around three hours on the track and two hours in the weight room, five or six days a week.