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{{Short description|American track and field athlete (born 1985)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Allyson Felix
| fullname = Allyson Michelle Felix
| image = AllysonFelixRio2016.jpg
| caption = Felix at the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio Olympics]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|11|18}}
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
| education = [[University of Southern California]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| hometown = [[Santa Clarita, California]]
| height = 5 ft 6 in
| weight = 125 lbs
| country = {{USA}}
| sport = [[Track and field]]
| event = [[Sprint (running)|Sprint]]
| pb = {{ubl
  | '''100 m''': 10.89 s ([[London]] 2012)
  | '''150 m''': 16.36 s ([[Manchester]] 2013)
  | '''200 m''': 21.69 s ([[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]] 2012)
  | '''400 m''': 49.26 s ([[Beijing]] 2015)
  }}
| show-medals = yes
 | medaltemplates = 
{{Medal|Sport|Women's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}}
{{Medal|Country|the {{USA}}}}
{{MedalCount|total=yes
|[[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]|7|3|1
|[[World Athletics Championships|World Championships]]|14|3|3
|[[World Athletics Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]|1|0|0
}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400&nbsp;m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres|200&nbsp;m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|2012 London|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100&nbsp;m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|2012 London|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400&nbsp;m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100&nbsp;m&nbsp;relay]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|2016 Rio de Janeiro|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400&nbsp;m&nbsp;relay]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]|[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400&nbsp;m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres|200&nbsp;m]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|2008 Beijing|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres|200&nbsp;m]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|2016 Rio de Janeiro|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres|400&nbsp;m]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2020 Tokyo|[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres|400&nbsp;m]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Athletics Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics|2005 Helsinki]]|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 200 metres|200&nbsp;m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics|2007 Osaka]]|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|200&nbsp;m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|2007 Osaka|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100&nbsp;m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|2007 Osaka|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400&nbsp;m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics|2009 Berlin]]|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|200&nbsp;m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|2009 Berlin|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400&nbsp;m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|2011 Daegu]]|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100&nbsp;m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|2011 Daegu|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400&nbsp;m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics|2015 Beijing]]|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|400&nbsp;m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2017 World Championships in Athletics|2017 London]]|[[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100&nbsp;m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|2017 London|[[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400&nbsp;m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2019 World Championships in Athletics|2019 Doha]]|[[2019 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400&nbsp;m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|2019 Doha|[[2019 World Athletics Championships – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m mixed]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2022 World Athletics Championships|2022 Eugene]]|[[2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400&nbsp;m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|2011 Daegu|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|400&nbsp;m]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|2015 Beijing|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100&nbsp;m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|2015 Beijing|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400&nbsp;m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2011 Daegu|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|200&nbsp;m]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2017 London|[[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|400&nbsp;m]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2022 Eugene|[[2022 World Athletics Championships – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m mixed]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Athletics Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2010 Doha]]|[[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400&nbsp;m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Diamond League]]}}
{{Medal|1st|[[2010 Diamond League|2010]]|[[2010 Diamond League#Women|200&nbsp;m]]}}
{{Medal|1st|[[2010 Diamond League|2010]]|[[2010 Diamond League#Women|400&nbsp;m]]}}
{{Medal|1st|[[2014 Diamond League|2014]]|[[2014 Diamond League#Women|200&nbsp;m]]}}
{{Medal|1st|[[2015 Diamond League|2015]]|[[2015 Diamond League#Women|200&nbsp;m]]}}
}}

'''Allyson Michelle Felix''' (born November 18, 1985)<ref>{{cite web |title=Athlete Bio: Allyson Felix |url=http://legacy.usatf.org/Athlete-Bios/Allyson-Felix.aspx |website=USA Track & Field |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> is a retired American [[track and field]] athlete who competed in the [[100 meters]], [[200 meters]] and [[400 meters]]. She specialized in the 200 meters from 2003 to 2013, then gradually shifted to the 400 meters later in her career.<ref name="Allyson Felix">{{cite web |title=Allyson Felix |url=https://www.teamusa.com/profiles/allyson-felix-807126 |website=Team USA |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> At 200 meters, Felix is the [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres|2012]] Olympic champion, a three-time world champion ([[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|2005]][[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|–]][[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|2009]]), a two-time Olympic silver medalist ([[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres|2004]] and [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres|2008]]), and the [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|2011]] world bronze medalist. At 400 meters, she is the [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|2015]] world champion, [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|2011]] world silver medalist, [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres|2016]] Olympic silver medalist, [[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|2017]] world bronze medalist, and [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres|2020]] Olympic bronze medalist. Across the short distances, Felix is a ten-time U.S. national champion ([[2004 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)|2004]], [[2005 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|2005]], [[2007 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|2007]]–[[2012 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)|2012]], [[2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|2015]], and [[2016 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)|2016]]).

Felix played a key role on the United States women's relay teams, winning six additional Olympic gold medals: four consecutive medals at [[4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 meters]] ([[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|2008]], [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|2012]], [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|2016]], and [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|2020]]) and two at [[4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 meters]] ([[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|2012]] and [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|2016]]). The 2012 and 2016 U.S. Olympic 4 × 100&nbsp;m teams set a world record of [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|40.82&nbsp;s]] and the second fastest time of [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|41.01&nbsp;s]], respectively. With these six golds from relays and one from an individual event, Felix became the first female track and field athlete to ever win seven Olympic gold medals.<ref>{{cite web |title=Allyson Felix by the numbers |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/athletics-allyson-felix-by-the-numbers |website=Olympics |access-date=7 September 2021 |archive-date=August 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814064922/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/athletics-allyson-felix-by-the-numbers |url-status=dead }}</ref> She is also the most decorated woman in Olympic track and field history and the most decorated American track and field athlete in Olympic history, having earned 11 total medals from five consecutive Olympic Games.<ref>{{cite web|date=2021-08-07|title=Felix most decorated in U.S. track with relay gold|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/31979476/us-dominates-women-4x400-relay-allyson-felix-becomes-most-decorated-american-track-star|access-date=2021-08-07|website=ESPN.com}}</ref> Felix is the most decorated athlete, male or female, in [[World Athletics Championships]] history with 20 career medals, 7 from individual events and 13 from team relays.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.flotrack.org/article/60132-phyllis-francis-shocks-shaunae-miller-uibo-allyson-felix-in-world-400-win |title=Phyllis Francis Shocks Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Allyson Felix in World 400 Win |work=FloTrack |access-date=August 9, 2017}}</ref> With a combined Olympic and World Championship total of 31 medals, she is also the overall most decorated athlete in track and field history, with 12 medals from individual events and 19 from relays. Felix was the first athlete in track and field history to medal in 3 different relays, 4 × 100&nbsp;m, 4 × 400&nbsp;m and mixed 4 × 400&nbsp;m.

Among Felix's notable performances, her 200 meters personal best of [[200 metres#Women (outdoor)|21.69 seconds]], which was set at the [[2012 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)|2012 U.S. Olympic trials]], ranked at the time as the third-fastest time ever run by an American woman and sixth-fastest time by a female athlete in history.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Belson |first1=Ken |last2=Pilon |first2=Mary |title=Felix's 200-Meter Win May Help Settle the 100 |work=The New York Times |date=July 2012 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/sports/olympics/us-olympic-track-trials-felix-wins-200-meters-with-ease.html |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=200 meters (Women) - All Time |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/sprints/200-metres/outdoor/women/senior?regionType=world&timing=electronic&windReading=regular&page=1&bestResultsOnly=false&firstDay=1899-12-31&lastDay=2021-09-01 |website=World Athletics |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> She also ran a [[4 × 400 metres relay#Notable splits|47.72-second leg]] on the U.S. women's 4 × 400&nbsp;m relay team at the [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|2015 Beijing World Championships]], recording the fastest split ever by an American woman, and third-fastest split ever by a female athlete.<ref name="All-time Women's 4x400m relay">{{cite web |last1=Larsson |first1=Peter |title=All-time Women's 4x400m relay |url=http://www.alltime-athletics.com/w4x400ok.htm |website=Track and Field All-time Performances |access-date=23 May 2022}}</ref>

Felix, along with [[Alysia Montaño]] and [[Kara Goucher]], is credited with stirring public outcry over [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]'s refusal to guarantee salary protections for its pregnant athletes, prompting the sportswear brand to expand its maternity policy in 2019.<ref name="si.com">{{cite magazine |last1=Chavez |first1=Chris |title=Nike Removes Contract Reductions for Pregnant Athletes After Backlash |url=https://www.si.com/olympics/2019/08/16/nike-contract-reduction-pregnancy-protection-athlete-maternity-leave |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=August 16, 2019 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> Two years after her departure from Nike, the athlete turned entrepreneur launched her own footwear company, [[Saysh]], in June 2021.<ref name="Time">{{cite magazine |last1=Gregory |first1=Sean |title=Exclusive: Allyson Felix Launches Her Own Shoe Company Two Years After Breaking Up With Nike |url=https://time.com/6073949/allyson-felix-launching-saysh-shoes/ |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> The same year, she became the first athlete in track and field history to win Olympic medals while wearing her own racing spikes, the [[Saysh#Saysh Spike One|Saysh Spike One]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Henderson |first=Cailyn |title=Allyson Felix Wins Bronze & Gold In Her Own Saysh Spikes |url=https://www.romper.com/life/allyson-felix-daughter-camryn-saysh-olympics |website=Romper |date=August 9, 2021 |access-date=August 16, 2025}}</ref>

She was included in [[Time 100|''Time'' magazine's 100 Most Influential People]] of 2020 and 2021.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Turlington Burns |first1=Christy |title=Allyson Felix: The 100 Most Influential People of 2020 |url=https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2020/5888239/allyson-felix/ |magazine=Time |access-date=15 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Kwan |first1=Michelle |title=Allyson Felix: The 100 Most Influential People of 2021 |url=https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2021/6096046/allyson-felix-titan/ |magazine=Time |access-date=15 September 2021}}</ref> In 2022, Felix received an honorary [[honorary degree|Doctor of Humane Letters]] degree from her alma mater [[University of Southern California|USC]] and also served as the commencement speaker for that year's graduation ceremony.<ref name="2022 Honorary Degree Recipients">{{cite web |title=2022 Honorary Degree Recipients |url=https://commencement.usc.edu/2022-honorary-degree-recipients |website=USC Commencement |access-date=22 May 2022}}</ref> In July 2024, Felix was placed at number 63 on [[ESPN]]'s list of the 100 greatest athletes of the 21st century.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/40446224/top-100-athletes-21st-century | title=ESPN's top 100 professional athletes of the 21st century: Unveiling 1-25 | date=July 18, 2024 }}</ref>

==Early life==
Allyson Felix was born on November 18, 1985, in Los Angeles, California.<ref name="Allyson Felix"/> She is the daughter of Paul, an ordained minister and professor of New Testament at [[The Master's Seminary]] in [[Sun Valley, Los Angeles|Sun Valley]], California,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tms.edu/pdf/mantle.15.2.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=August 9, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609015447/http://www.tms.edu/pdf/Mantle.15.2.pdf |archive-date=June 9, 2013}}</ref> and Marlean, an elementary school teacher at Balboa Magnet Elementary. Her elder brother [[Wes Felix]] was also a sprinter, winning the 2002 USA Junior Championships in the 200 meters race<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/statistics/champions/USAJuniorOutdoorTF/men/m200m.asp|title=USA Track & Field – 200m}}</ref> and later, the [[Pac-10]] championships in 2003 and 2004 as a collegiate athlete for [[University of Southern California|USC]]. Wes now acts as the agent for his sister.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/athletes/bios/Felix_Allyson.asp|title=USA Track & Field – Allyson Felix}}</ref> Felix describes her running ability as a gift from God: "For me, my faith is the reason I run. I definitely feel I have this amazing gift that God has blessed me with, and it's all about using it to the best of my ability."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpnews.net/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014090428/http://www.bpnews.net/printerfriendly.asp?ID=38466|url-status=dead|title=Baptist Press|archive-date=October 14, 2013|website=Baptist Press}}</ref>

==Junior career==
Allyson Felix attended [[Los Angeles Baptist High School]] in [[North Hills, Los Angeles|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. Her slightness belied her speed on the track and strength in the gym, as she could [[deadlift]] at least 270 pounds while still in high school.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dragondoor.com/articler/mode3/269/ |title=The Holy Grail in Speed Training |author=Barry Ross |publisher=Dragondoor |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906230427/http://www.dragondoor.com/articler/mode3/269/ |archive-date=September 6, 2008}}</ref> Felix credits much of her early success to her high school sprint coach, Jonathan Patton.

Felix began to discover her athletic talents after she tried out for track in the ninth grade. Just ten weeks after that first tryout, she finished seventh in the 200 meters at the [[CIF California State Meet]]. In the coming seasons, she became a five-time winner at the meet.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/stateres.htm |title=California State Meet Results – 1915 to present |publisher=Hank Lawson |access-date=December 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006092406/http://www.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/stateres.htm |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="auto"/> In 2001, at the Debrecan World Youth Championships, Felix achieved her first international title in the 100 meters.<ref>{{cite web|date=2021-04-03|title=Allyson FELIX – Olympic Athletics {{!}} United States of America|url=https://www.olympic.org/allyson-felix|access-date=2021-04-05|website=International Olympic Committee|language=en}}</ref> In 2003, she was named the national girls' "High School Athlete of the Year" by ''[[Track and Field News]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/archive/HSAOYs.pdf |title=T&FN High School Athletes of the Year |access-date=October 18, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013091646/http://trackandfieldnews.com/archive/HSAOYs.pdf |archive-date=October 13, 2011 }} Track and Field News High School AOY</ref> As a senior, Felix finished second in the 200 meters at the US Indoor Track & Field Championships. A few months later, in front of 50,000 fans in Mexico City, she ran 22.11 seconds, the fastest in history for a high school girl, though it could not count as a world junior record because there was no drug testing at the meet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spikesmag.com/athletes/Heroes/allysonfelix.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080715081732/http://www.spikesmag.com/athletes/Heroes/allysonfelix.aspx|url-status=dead|title=Spikes, the new heroes of athletics &#124; Athletes > Heroes > Allyson Felix|archive-date=July 15, 2008}}</ref><ref name="worldathletics.org">{{cite web |title=Allyson Felix bursts on to the international sprint scene |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/news/allyson-felix-bursts-on-to-the-international |website=World Athletics |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>

Felix graduated high school in 2003, making headlines by forgoing college eligibility to sign a professional contract with [[Adidas]] via her agent Nik Visger. Adidas paid her an undisclosed sum and picked up her college tuition at the [[University of Southern California]].<ref name=USColympians>[http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/usc/genrel/auto_pdf/uscolympians.pdf USC OLYMPIANS: 1904–2004] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916190511/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/usc/genrel/auto_pdf/uscolympians.pdf |date=September 16, 2018 }}, USC Trojans Athletic Department, accessed August 26, 2008.</ref> She graduated in May 2008 with a degree in elementary education.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pucin |first1=Diane |title=Track's class act |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-18-sp-track18-story.html |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=May 18, 2008 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>

==Professional==
===Early career===
[[File:Osaka07 D7A Allyson Felix celebrating.jpg|thumb|right|245px|Felix celebrating her victory at the [[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|2007 Osaka World Championships]]]]
At the [[2003 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|2003 U.S. national championships]], the 17-year-old phenomenon finished second in the 200 meters sprint with a time of 22.59 seconds, earning her spot to the [[2003 World Championships in Athletics|2003 Paris World Championships]]. In the quarter-finals of the [[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|200 meters]] in Paris, Felix finished sixth in 23.33 seconds.

At the age of 18, Felix earned an Olympic silver medal in the [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres|200 meters]] at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in Athens, behind [[Veronica Campbell]] of [[Jamaica]]; in doing so, she set a [[List of world under-20 records in athletics|world junior record]] over 200 meters with her time of 22.18 seconds. After leaving Athens, Felix and her coach [[Pat Daniels|Pat Connolly]], who also guided the 1984 Olympic 100 meters champion [[Evelyn Ashford]], parted ways as Connolly moved back to Virginia and Felix cited difficulties training alone.<ref name="worldathletics.org"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Felix - 400m a long term goal |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/news/felix-400m-a-long-term-goal |website=World Athletics |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> The young sprinter then sought the tutelage of controversial<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-06-29-sp-3738-story.html | title=Canadian Olympian Accuses Kersee of Being 'Drug Coach' | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=June 29, 1989 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Brooks |first=Janet |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/06/28/Sprinter-links-Bob-Kersee-to-steroids/1302615009600/ |title=Sprinter links Bob Kersee to steroids |publisher=[[UPI]] Archives |date=1989-06-28 |accessdate=2022-08-08}}</ref> sprint coach [[Bob Kersee]], whom she would train under for the next 18 years.<ref name="worldathletics.org"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Azzi |first1=Alex |title=Sydney McLaughlin, now training with Allyson Felix, opens season at 2021 New Balance Grand Prix |url=https://onherturf.nbcsports.com/2021/02/12/sydney-mclaughlin-now-training-with-allyson-felix-opens-season-at-2021-new-balance-grand-prix/ |website=NBC Sports |date=February 12, 2021 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>

Nineteen-year-old Felix became the youngest world champion ever in the 200 meters at the [[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|2005 Helsinki World Championships]] and then successfully defended her world title in [[Osaka]] two years later.<ref>{{cite web |title=Before they were stars: Allyson Felix |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/before-they-were-stars-allyson-felix |website=Olympics |access-date=7 September 2021 |archive-date=September 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903084839/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/before-they-were-stars-allyson-felix |url-status=dead }}</ref> At the [[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|2007 Osaka World Championships]], Felix caught Jamaican rival, Veronica Campbell, on the bend and surged down the straightaway to finish in 21.81 seconds, dipping under the 22-second barrier for the first time in her career. After the final, Felix stated in the post-race interview: "I feel so good. I am so excited. I have been waiting for so long to run such a time, to run under 22 seconds. It has not been an easy road, but finally, I managed." At that time, she addressed her future, saying, "My next goal is not the world record, but gold in Beijing. I want to take it step-by-step. I might consider doing both – the 200 and the 400 meters – there." Days later, after partaking in the winning U.S. [[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 meters relay]] and also the [[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 meters relay]], in which she unofficially split 48.01 seconds on the second leg, Felix became only the second female athlete, after [[Marita Koch]] in 1983, to win three gold medals at a single [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics]].<ref name="All-time Women's 4x400m relay"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Women's 4 x 400m Relay - 2007 World Championships |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox3BOwx3eCw |website=YouTube | date=March 11, 2019 |publisher=Jim Mushmore |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>

===2008–09===
Felix qualified for the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] at the [[2008 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)|2008 Olympic trials]] by winning the 200 meters sprint in 21.82 seconds, but narrowly missed qualifying for the 100 meters sprint. In the Olympic [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres|200 meter final]], despite running her season's best time in the [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres|200 meters]] at 21.93 seconds, she again finished second to Campbell, who ran 21.74 seconds, the best time of the decade, to win the gold medal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/already-a-great-champion-campbell-brown-comes |title=IAAF: Already a great champion, Campbell-Brown comes of age as a personality- News - iaaf.org |website=iaaf.org}}</ref> Felix avenged her disappointing loss by regaining the lead for the U.S. women's [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 meters relay]] team during her 48.55-second leg, allowing Team USA to eventually win and earning her first Olympic gold medal.<ref>{{cite web |title=At last: Richards, Felix, Wariner get their golds |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/article/3283898/at-last-richards-felix-wariner-get-their-golds |website=The Oklahoman |date=August 24, 2008 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Track and Field: Women's 4x400m Relay Wins Gold Beijing 2008 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAR3etekkDk |website=YouTube |publisher=Team USA |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref><ref name="All-time Women's 4x400m relay"/>

[[File:Allyson Felix Berlin 2009.JPG|thumb|left|285px|Felix during the [[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|200 meters final]] at the [[2009 World Championships in Athletics|2009 Berlin World Championships]]]]

In the build-up to the [[2009 World Championships in Athletics]], Felix was part of a U.S. [[4 × 100 meters relay]] team that ran the fastest women's sprint relay in twelve years. [[Lauryn Williams]], Felix, [[Muna Lee (athlete)|Muna Lee]] and [[Carmelita Jeter]] finished with a time of 41.58&nbsp;seconds, bringing them to eighth on the all-time list.<ref>Wenig, Jörg (August 8, 2009). [http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=52607.html US quartet blasts 41.58 in the 4 × 100 as Wlodarczyk improves to 77.20m in Cottbus] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810095811/http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind%3D100/newsid%3D52607.html |date=August 10, 2009 }}. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on August 9, 2009.</ref> In 2009, at merely 23 years old, Felix proceeded to claim her third 200-meter world championship gold medal, an unprecedented accomplishment in women's sprinting.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/news/view.aspx?DUID=USATF_2009_08_21_14_27_41 |title=Felix, Merritt win gold at Berlin World Championships |author=USA Track & Field |access-date=August 21, 2009 |year=2009 |publisher=[[USA Track & Field]]|author-link=USA Track & Field }}</ref> Felix clocked 22.02 sec to comfortably beat [[Jamaica]]'s Olympic 200-meter champion [[Veronica Campbell-Brown]].

Afterwards she said, "It's really special to win a third world title. I wanted to do it in this stadium, represent my country and make [[Jesse Owens]] proud." But Felix admitted that she would rather have the one gold medal that she was missing. "I would love to trade my three world championships for your gold," Felix jokingly said to Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica at the medalists' news conference, referring to the 2008 Olympic gold medal in the 200 meters, a race Felix was heavily favored to win. Still distressed over finishing second to Campbell-Brown in Beijing, Felix stated: "I don't think I ever want to get over it. I never want to be satisfied with losing." At the same time, she also commented, "I'm just grateful to have had success quickly, and sometimes I do have to pinch myself and realize all this has happened in not that much time." Felix later claimed another gold medal by running a 48.75-second leg on Team USA's victorious [[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 meters relay]] team.<ref name="All-time Women's 4x400m relay"/>

===2010–11===
[[File:Montsho Felix Daegu 2011.jpg|thumb|right|295px|Felix and Montsho at the finish line in [[2011 World Championships in Athletics|2011 Daegu World Championships]]]]In 2010, Felix focused on running more 400-meter races. Running the 200 meters and the 400 meters, she became the first person to win two [[IAAF Diamond League]] trophies in the same year. She continued her dominance by winning 21 out of 22 races, only losing to [[Veronica Campbell-Brown]] in New York. Felix also became the U.S. [[2010 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|100 meters champion]] by winning the sprint in 11.27 seconds against a strong −2.5&nbsp;m/s headwind.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Meredith |first1=Luke |title=Dix, Felix win 100s at US Outdoors |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-dix-felix-win-100s-at-us-outdoors-2010jun25-story.html |website=The San Diego Union-Tribune |date=June 26, 2010 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>

At the [[2011 World Championships in Athletics]], Felix ran in the [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|200]] and [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|400 meters]], as well as the [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100]] and [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 meters]] relay races. In the 400-meter event, Felix's best efforts yielded only a second-place finish despite straining down the homestretch to a personal best of 49.59 seconds, 0.03 behind winner [[Amantle Montsho]] of [[Botswana]]. Montsho later tested positive for the banned stimulant [[methylhexaneamine]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=Amantle Montsho banned for doping after positive test at Glasgow 2014 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/mar/18/amantle-montsho-banned-doping-positive-test-glasgow-2014 |website=The Guardian |date=March 18, 2015 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> In the 200-meter final, Felix finished third in a subpar time of 22.42 seconds due to fatigue. [[Veronica Campbell-Brown]] won the gold and [[Carmelita Jeter]] won silver. In the relay events, Felix ran the second leg in both the 4 × 100 meters and 4 × 400 meters. Team USA won both events, attaining world-leading times in both finals as Felix added two world championship gold medals to her collection. The 25-year-old American sprinter was the only athlete to leave Daegu with four medals.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hersh |first1=Philip |title=One more race, and weary Felix calling it a season |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-one-more-race-and-felix-calling-it-a-season-20110907-column.html |website=Chicago Tribune |date=September 8, 2011 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>

===2012–13===
In 2012, Felix returned to the [[2012 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)|Olympic trials]], choosing to race the 100 meters in addition to her main event, the 200 meters. The top three finishers in each event qualified for the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] team. In the 100 meters final, she ran 11.07 seconds, placing third, but not without controversy.<ref>{{cite web |title=2012 Women's 100 Meter Dash |url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/events/2012/OlympicTrials-TF/Results/Results2-3.htm |website=Legacy - USA Track & Field |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> Officials ruled that Felix and her training partner [[Jeneba Tarmoh]] were in a [[dead heat]] for third place, the final qualification position, after initially declaring Tarmoh ahead. A run-off between Tarmoh and Felix was scheduled, but Tarmoh eventually withdrew due to emotional and physical fatigue, conceding the final 100-meter spot to Felix.<ref>{{cite web |last=Layden |first=Tim |title=Jeneba Tarmoh out of 100-meter runoff with Allyson Felix |url=http://tracking.si.com/2012/07/02/jeneba-tarmoh-100m-runoff-allyson-felix/ |publisher=SI.com |access-date=July 2, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704052150/http://tracking.si.com/2012/07/02/jeneba-tarmoh-100m-runoff-allyson-felix/ |archive-date=July 4, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Allyson Felix and the 2012 run-off that never was |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDJtViJpRlo |website=YouTube | date=May 27, 2020 |publisher=NBC Sports |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> In the 200 meters final at the [[2012 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)|2012 Olympic trials]], Felix recorded a personal best and a meet record of 21.69 seconds, the third-fastest time an American woman had ever run and the fourth-fastest ever clocked by a female athlete up until that point.<ref>{{cite web |title=US Olympic trials: Allyson Felix wins 200m as 100m tie-break looms |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/jul/01/us-olympic-trials-allyson-felix |website=The Guardian |date=July 2012 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> [[Carmelita Jeter]] and [[Sanya Richards-Ross]] placed second and third, respectively. [[File:AllysonFelixRelais4x400 Londres2012 (cropped - third attempt).jpg|thumb|270px|left|Felix running second leg on the U.S. [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 meters relay]] team at the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London Olympics]]]]

At the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], Felix competed in four events: [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres|100 meters]], [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres|200 meters]], [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 meters relay]], and [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 meters relay]], placing fifth in the 100 meters and winning gold in the other three, thus becoming the first American woman to win three golds in athletics at an Olympics since [[Florence Griffith Joyner|Florence Griffith-Joyner]] at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Associated Press |title=U.S. women easily win 4x400 relay |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/summer/2012/trackandfield/story/_/id/8259682/2012-london-olympics-us-easily-wins-4x400-give-allyson-felix-third-gold |website=ESPN |date=August 11, 2012 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> In her first final, the [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres|100 meters final]], she placed fifth with a personal best of 10.89 seconds. The [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres|200 meters final]], a race she lost twice at the [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004]] and [[2008 Summer Olympics]] to Jamaican rival [[Veronica Campbell-Brown]], proved to be her successful third attempt as she won in 21.88 seconds, outracing a stacked field that included Campbell-Brown, 2012 Olympic 100 meters champion [[Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce]], 2012 Olympic 100 meters silver medalist Carmelita Jeter, and 2012 Olympic 400 meters champion Sanya Richards-Ross. Felix pushed out of the blocks with a strong start and was on par with the Jamaican athletes coming off of the curve before pulling away in the final 50 meters to clinch her long-awaited individual Olympic gold medal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Allyson Felix wins long awaited 200m gold in London |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liLMcoJi8vo |website=YouTube | date=April 18, 2020 |publisher=NBC Sports |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> Fraser-Pryce won silver and American compatriot Jeter took the bronze medal.

Felix took to the track again as part of the women's [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 meters relay]] team alongside [[Tianna Madison]], [[Bianca Knight]], and Jeter. The foursome won with a time of 40.82 seconds, breaking the long-held world record of 41.37 seconds, set by [[East Germany]] in October 1985. On the final night of Olympic athletics, Felix ran a 48.2-second leg on the U.S. women's 4 × 400 meters relay team that included [[DeeDee Trotter]], [[Francena McCorory]], and Richards-Ross, winning in a time of 3:16.87, the third-fastest time in Olympic history behind the [[Soviet Union]] and the United States at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]], and the fifth-fastest time overall, up until that point.<ref name="All-time Women's 4x400m relay"/>

At the [[2013 World Championships in Athletics|2013 World Championships]] in Moscow, Felix entered in the [[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|200 meters]] and was expected to also appear in the relays, but succumbed to a hamstring injury in the 200 meters final and was carried off the track by her brother. The race was won by Fraser-Pryce.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/usain-bolt-breezes-200-heat-worlds-19977851|title="Felix Injured as Fraser-Pryce Wins 200 at Worlds", ''ABC News''. August 16, 2013|website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]}}</ref>

===2014–15===
After a nine-month layoff due to a hamstring injury, Felix resumed competition in the 400 meters at the [[Shanghai Golden Grand Prix|Shanghai Diamond League]] meet in May 2014, in which she finished fifth with a time of 50.81 seconds. She later competed in the 200 meters at the [[Prefontaine Classic]] meet, finishing third with a season's best of 22.44 seconds.[[File:Allyson Felix Beijing 2015.jpg|thumb|right|335px|Felix after her victory at the [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|2015 Beijing World Championships]].]]

As the winner of the [[2014 IAAF Diamond League#Women|2014 IAAF Diamond League]] 200-meter title, Felix received a bye into the [[2015 World Championships in Athletics]]. Obligated to participate in the [[2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships]] but not required to run the 200 meters, she opted for the 400 meters. Felix won the event in 50.19 seconds with a late surge from fourth place at the 300-meter mark, catching [[Natasha Hastings]] right before the finish line to earn her ninth U.S. championship title.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rosen |first1=Karen |title=Allyson Felix Wins 400 — But Will She Run It at Worlds? |url=https://www.teamusa.org/News/2015/June/27/Allyson-Felix-Wins-400-But-Will-She-Run-It-At-Worlds |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630214406/http://www.teamusa.org/News/2015/June/27/Allyson-Felix-Wins-400-But-Will-She-Run-It-At-Worlds |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 30, 2015 |website=Team USA |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> World number one ranked Francena McCorory and number two Sanya Richards-Ross failed to qualify for the 2015 Beijing World Championships.

The [[2015 World Championships in Athletics|2015 Beijing World Championships]] schedule placed the 400-meter final just over an hour after the 200-meter semi-finals, making it virtually impossible to perform to world championship level in both events.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/Competitions/iaaf-world-championships/15th-iaaf-world-championships-4875/timetable/byday |title=IAAF: 15th IAAF World Championships Timetable by day |website=iaaf.org |access-date=July 1, 2015 |archive-date=July 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702022548/http://www.iaaf.org/Competitions/iaaf-world-championships/15th-iaaf-world-championships-4875/timetable/byday |url-status=dead }}</ref> As of July 1, Felix held the fastest seed time in both the 400 (0.11 over the fastest competitor) and 200 (0.22 over the fastest competitor), leaving her with a difficult choice as to which event to put her full effort into. Felix eventually chose the [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|400 meters]] and later triumphed in the event final with a personal best of 49.26 seconds. She dominated the race from beginning to end, making up the stagger from the start of the gun and never relinquishing her lead to claim the 400 meters title.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ingle |first1=Sean |title=Allyson Felix finally clinches first major 400m title at world championships |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/aug/27/allyson-felix-400m-gold-world-athletics-championships-christine-ohuruogu-last-beijing |website=The Guardian |date=August 27, 2015 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> In doing so, Felix became the first woman to win world titles in the 200 meters and the 400 meters. Additionally, she has now won the most world championship gold medals, and most overall world championship medals, out of any American track and field athlete.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zaccardi |first1=Nick |title=Allyson Felix wins 400m, breaks U.S. record for Worlds medals; Rio preview? |url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2015/08/27/allyson-felix-wins-400-meters-world-championships-track-and-field-olympics/ |website=NBC Sports |date=August 27, 2015 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> She continued to add to her medal collection by earning silver medals in both the [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 meters relay]] and [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 meters relay]]. In the latter race, Felix received the baton with a significant deficit to the leading Jamaican team, prompting her to sprint a historic split time of 47.72 seconds to regain the lead for the American women before the final handoff. This was the fastest 4 × 400 meters split ever recorded by an American woman and third-fastest 4 × 400 meters split ever by any female athlete, after [[Jarmila Kratochvílová]] and [[Marita Koch]].<ref name="All-time Women's 4x400m relay"/> Running the final leg, [[Francena McCorory]] failed to hold onto the lead and was overtaken by [[Novlene Williams-Mills]] in the final meters.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Denman |first1=Elliott |title=McCorory, Team USA take silver at worlds in 4x400 relay as Jamaican passes her |url=https://www.dailypress.com/sports/dp-spt-francena-mccorory-4-400-relay-worlds-20150830-story.html |website=Daily Press |date=August 31, 2015 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>

===2016–17===
Felix began her 2016 season with an uncharacteristically slow start after a gym accident in April, when she dropped from a pull-up bar and landed awkwardly, twisting her right ankle and tearing multiple ligaments.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zaccardi |first1=Nick |title=Allyson Felix, slowed by injury, finishes .01 shy of chasing Olympic goal set in 2005 |url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2016/07/10/allyson-felix-olympics-track-and-field-trials-200-meters/ |website=NBC Sports |date=July 11, 2016 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> Felix was slated to run in a [[Diamond League]] meet in [[Doha]] as well as the [[Prefontaine Classic]], but pulled out of both meets.<ref name="washingtonpost.com">{{cite news |title=For her fourth Olympics, Allyson Felix wants to turn a 200–400 double play |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/for-her-fourth-olympics-allyson-felix-wants-to-turn-a-200-400-double-play/2016/06/30/990c43fe-3ec4-11e6-84e8-1580c7db5275_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> In early June, she ran the 400 meters in 51.23 seconds at a low-key San Diego meet.<ref name="washingtonpost.com"/>
[[File:2016 US Olympic Track and Field Trials 2546 (27641119223).jpg|thumb|215px|left|Felix at [[2016 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)|2016 U.S. Olympic Trials]]]]
Still dealing with the physical repercussions from the accident, Felix raced the 200 meters and 400 meters anyway at the [[2016 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)|2016 Olympic Trials]] in Eugene, Oregon, attempting to fulfill her goal of completing a 200–400 meters double victory at the [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics]]. In the 400 meters trials final, she surged from the middle of the pack down the homestretch and overtook the field in the final meters, recording a world-leading time of 49.68 seconds. Then, in the 200 meters final, the lack of speed work due to injury eventually caught up with her as she was narrowly edged out by [[Jenna Prandini]], who dove across the finish line to secure the third and final spot on the team, beating Felix by 0.01 seconds (22.53 to 22.54 seconds).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Caple |first1=Jim |title='The speed just wasn't there' for Allyson Felix |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/trackandfield/story/_/id/16968639/olympic-track-trials-2016-speed-just-there-allyson-felix |website=ESPN |date=July 11, 2016 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> Felix took the rest of July and early part of August off to give her ankle more time to heal while she continued preparations for the Olympics.

At the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Felix bumped her overall Olympic haul to nine overall medals: six golds and three silvers, tying Jamaican legend [[Merlene Ottey]]'s record for the most Olympic medals won by a female track and field athlete, although most of Ottey's medal collection consists of individual medals.<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. women's team wins sixth straight gold in 4x400-meter relay |url=https://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/story/_/id/17356383/allyson-felix-us-women-win-gold-medal-4x400-meter-relay-rio-olympics |website=ESPN |date=August 21, 2016 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> Felix's hope of winning the 400 meters Olympic gold medal came up short after she lost by 0.07 to [[Shaunae Miller]] of the [[Bahamas]], who made a legal but unusual dive across the finish line as Felix was quickly closing the distance.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Masters |first1=James |title=Shaunae Miller dives to beat Allyson Felix in Olympics 400m final |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/15/sport/allyson-felix-athletics-olympics/ |website=CNN |date=August 16, 2016 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> Felix recovered from the disappointing performance to win two golds with the U.S. [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 meters]] and [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 meters]] relay teams. The 4 × 100 meters relay win drew much controversy, as Team USA was initially disqualified in their semi-final run after Felix had dropped the baton during the handoff attempt to [[English Gardner]]. However, replays showed that the Brazilian sprinter in the neighboring lane swung her arm and accidentally impeded Felix right before the handoff, causing her to lose her balance.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Myerberg |first1=Paul |title=Allyson Felix bumped on 4x100 relay; USA gets a second chance |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/18/us-women-drop-baton-4x100-relay-and-file-an-appeal/88945320/ |website=USA Today |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> After the appeal was accepted, Team USA was awarded a solo run the next day.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Chavez |first1=Chris |title=U.S. women's 4x100 relay qualifies for final in rerun after dropped baton, appeal |url=https://www.si.com/olympics/2016/08/18/us-womens-4x100-relay-dropped-baton-rio-olympics |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=August 18, 2016 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> With a successful time trial, Felix and her teammates advanced to the final, where they won in 41.01 seconds, the second-fastest 4 × 100 meters relay time in history.<ref>{{cite news |title=Olympics: No re-run but plenty of drama as US women claim 4x100 relay gold |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/19/sport/olympics-rio-2016-womens-4x100m-relay/index.html |website=CNN |date=August 20, 2016 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>

The following year, during the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics|2017 World Championships]] in London, Felix added three more medals to her collection, cementing her position as the most decorated athlete in IAAF World Championships history. Felix equaled [[Merlene Ottey]]'s and [[Usain Bolt]]'s 14 medal tally by winning a bronze medal in the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|400-meter final]] with a time of 50.08 seconds. She admitted that the result was disappointing, as she was hoping to defend her title in the discipline.<ref>{{cite news |title=Allyson Felix misses out on record-breaking 10th world title with 400m bronze in London |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=August 9, 2017 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2017/08/09/allyson-felix-misses-record-breaking-10th-world-title-400m-bronze/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2017/08/09/allyson-felix-misses-record-breaking-10th-world-title-400m-bronze/ |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=August 19, 2017|last1=Bloom |first1=Ben }}{{cbignore}}</ref> Just a month prior to the championships, Felix had won the London's Diamond League meet held at the same track with a world-leading time of 49.65 seconds.<ref>{{cite web |title=Phenomenal Felix wins at Muller Anniversary Games |url=https://london.diamondleague.com/news/single-news/news/detail/News/phenomenal-felix-wins-at-muller-anniversary-games/ |newspaper= Diamond League|access-date=August 19, 2017}}</ref> Felix earned two additional gold medals by partaking in the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 relay]] and also the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 meters relay]], in which she ran a 48.7-second leg, bringing her tally up to 16 world championship medals.<ref>{{cite web |title=ICYMI at Worlds: Allyson Felix becomes worlds' most decorated athlete |url=http://www.espn.com/athletics/story/_/id/20325329/iaaf-world-athletics-championships-2017-icymi-allyson-felix-becomes-most-decorated-athlete-championship-history |work=ESPN |date=August 12, 2017 |access-date=August 19, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Women's 4x400m Relay Final - World Athletics Championships London 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAOmWs09FXU |website=YouTube | date=August 12, 2019 |publisher=World Athletics |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref><ref name="All-time Women's 4x400m relay"/>

===2018–19===
====Pregnancy emergency====
[[File:Allyson Felix - 2019.jpg|thumb|Felix at a 2019 [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House]] hearing]]
Felix reduced her racing schedule in 2018, stating: "In the 19 years that I've been running track, I've never taken a break. Never had a year where I took it easy. Now that this is kind of a year without a championship, I've had to force myself to have a different approach because my goal is 2020. So, if you guys don't see me at as many of the races as I usually run, don't worry. I'm fine. I'm just challenging myself to be smarter."<ref>{{cite web |title=Allyson Felix withdraws from Prefontaine Classic |newspaper=NBC Sports|date=May 25, 2018 |url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2018/05/25/allyson-felix-withdraws-prefontaine-classic/ |access-date=August 19, 2018}}</ref> Later in December 2018, Felix revealed her difficult pregnancy story to espnW.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shelburne |first1=Ramona |title=Allyson Felix on pregnancy and motherhood: 'Only so much of this you can predict, much less control' |url=https://www.espn.com/espnw/voices/story/_/id/25526785/allyson-felix-pregnancy-motherhood-only-much-can-predict-much-less-control |website=ESPN |date=December 13, 2018 |access-date=8 September 2021}}</ref> During her 32nd-week pregnancy checkup, doctors discovered that Felix had developed [[pre-eclampsia]], a condition that is disproportionately prevalent in African-American women and is marked by high blood pressure along with potentially harmful childbirth effects.<ref name="Motherhood Could Have Cost Olympian">{{cite magazine |last1=Gregory |first1=Sean |title=Motherhood Could Have Cost Olympian Allyson Felix. She Wouldn't Let It |url=https://time.com/6077124/allyson-felix-tokyo-olympics/ |magazine=Time |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> With the baby's heart rate steadily decreasing, Felix had to deliver her premature daughter via emergency C-section within 48 hours. Motivated by her life-threatening experience, Felix testified before the [[United States House Committee on Ways and Means]] on the topic of the black maternal mortality crisis: "Research shows that racial bias in our maternal health care system includes things like providers spending less time with Black mothers, underestimating the pain of their Black patients, ignoring symptoms and dismissing complaints."<ref name="Motherhood Could Have Cost Olympian"/>

====Nike controversy====
Felix furthered her maternal advocacy work in May 2019 by penning an op-ed for ''[[The New York Times]]'', accusing her longtime sponsor [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] of refusing to guarantee salary protections for female athletes in the months following pregnancy.<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news |last1=Felix |first1=Allyson |title=Allyson Felix: My Own Nike Pregnancy Story |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/opinion/allyson-felix-pregnancy-nike.html |website=The New York Times |date=May 22, 2019 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> Her story underscored the earlier allegations made by her former Nike teammates [[Alysia Montaño]] and [[Kara Goucher]] regarding their pregnancy disputes with the sportswear company.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Montaño |first1=Alysia |title=Nike Told Me to Dream Crazy, Until I Wanted a Baby |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/12/opinion/nike-maternity-leave.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article |website=The New York Times |date=May 12, 2019 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> In the article, Felix explained that after her contract ended in December 2017, she and Nike negotiated for a contract renewal. Planning to start a family in 2018, Felix asked Nike for written financial security, in case her performance yielded subpar results while recovering from childbirth; the negotiators declined after already offering a 70 percent pay cut in this contract proposal.<ref name="nytimes.com"/> Soon after, Felix left and signed a clothing sponsorship deal with the [[Gap Inc.]]–owned apparel company Athleta in July 2019, becoming their first sponsored athlete.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Middlebrook |first1=Hailey |title=Allyson Felix Signs Sponsorship Deal With Athleta After Splitting From Nike |url=https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a28567985/allyson-felix-signs-sponsorship-deal-with-athleta/ |website=Runner's World |date=July 31, 2019 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> Following the public controversy, Nike altered their maternal policy in August 2019, promising to not apply any performance-related salary reductions for 18 consecutive months, starting eight months before the due date. During this period, the sportswear company would also not float the possibility of termination if the athlete chooses to not race due to pregnancy.<ref name="si.com"/>

====Return to competition====
In July 2019, Felix competed in her first race since giving birth in November 2018, finishing sixth in the 400-meter sprint at the [[2019 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|U.S. national championships]] in Des Moines, Iowa. Although failing to qualify into the individual 400-meter event for the [[2019 World Athletics Championships|2019 Doha World Championships]], Felix's sixth-place finish still placed her in the U.S. 4 × 400 meters relay pool. In the first-ever [[2019 World Athletics Championships – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay|mixed-gender 4 × 400 meters relay]] at the world championships, Felix competed with [[Michael Cherry (athlete)|Michael Cherry]], Wil London III, and [[Courtney Okolo]] to set a world record time of 3:09.34. Felix ran a 50.4-second split for her leg.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Weinrib |first1=Ben |title=Allyson Felix breaks Usain Bolt's title record less than a year after giving birth |url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/allyson-felix-breaks-usain-bolt-title-record-after-giving-birth-212448684.html |website=Yahoo! Sports |date=September 29, 2019 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> She earned another gold medal as a runner in the preliminary heats for the U.S. women's [[2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 meters relay]], although she was not selected to participate in the final. With her 12th and 13th world championship gold medals, Felix surpassed [[Usain Bolt]] for the most golds by any athlete in [[World Athletics Championships]] history.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Lauren |title=Olympic sprinter Allyson Felix just broke one of Usain Bolt's world records |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/30/sport/allyson-felix-world-record-trnd/index.html |website=CNN |date=September 30, 2019 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>

===2020–2022===
Felix trained during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]] with the aim of qualifying for her fifth Olympic Games – her first as a mother. She completed workouts on streets, empty soccer fields, and beaches after [[Gavin Newsom]]'s quarantine measures were first enacted throughout California in March 2020.<ref>{{cite web|last=Adams|first=Emily|date=2021-06-19|title=Allyson Felix dreams of inspiring her daughter by qualifying for fifth Olympic Games|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2021/06/19/allyson-felix-olympic-track-field-trials-inspire-daughter/7626718002/|access-date=2021-06-21|website=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> A former participant in the [[US Anti-Doping Agency]]'s "Project Believe" program in 2008, she volunteered again for "Project Believe 2020" to help test an unprecedented sample collection procedure for athletes during the coronavirus stay-at-home orders.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h3TCTun7v-B11a4iA11tnljKReVA |title=US sports stars try to dim doping fears with 'Project Believe' |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706170319/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h3TCTun7v-B11a4iA11tnljKReVA |archive-date=July 6, 2008 |website=[[Agence France Press]] |date=April 16, 2008 |access-date=August 9, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Quinn |first1=Dave |title=Olympians Pilot Virtual Drug Testing Program During Coronavirus Pandemic |url=https://people.com/sports/olympians-pilot-virtual-drug-testing-program-during-coronavirus-pandemic/ |website=People |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>

====Founding Saysh====
[[File:Saysh-track-spike.jpg|thumb|The [[Saysh]] Spike One track spike (2021 Prototype), worn by Allyson Felix at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the 400 metres and a gold in the 4 × 400 metre relay while wearing the shoe.]]In June 2021, two years after she publicized her contract dispute with Nike, Felix launched her own footwear company, [[Saysh]], and began wearing spikes created by the brand into competitions.<ref name="Time"/> Within the same month, at the [[2020 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)#Women's results|U.S. Olympic trials]], the 35-year-old American qualified for the 400 meters individual event by finishing second with a time of 50.02 seconds, a new masters athletics record (35–40 age group) and also her fastest time since July 2017.<ref>{{cite web|last=Penny|first=Brandon|date=2021-06-21|title=Allyson Felix qualifies for fifth Olympic team – this time as a mother|url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/06/20/allyson-felix-olympics-tokyo/|access-date=2021-06-21|website=[[NBC Sports]]}}</ref>

====Medal Record====
Leading up to the [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres|400 meters final]] of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, some doubted that Felix would stand on the podium again for her final individual Olympic event due to her age, U.S. Olympics trials performance, and semi-final time.<ref name="Felix Did What No One Expected From">{{cite magazine |last1=Bishop |first1=Greg |title=Felix Did What No One Expected From Her |url=https://www.si.com/olympics/2021/08/06/allyson-felix-unexpected-bronze-medal-400-meter-final |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=August 6, 2021 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Can Allyson Felix Challenge Miller-Uibo In Olympic 400m Final Rematch? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9gaQVx64AI |website=YouTube | date=August 4, 2021 |publisher=FloTrack Podcast |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> Every finalist in the 400 meters final ran sub-50 seconds in their semi-final, with Felix running the second-slowest qualifying time of 49.89 seconds.<ref>{{cite web |title=2016 Olympic 400m Results |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C74D_ATHW400M--------------FNL---------.pdf |website=Olympics |access-date=7 September 2021 |archive-date=September 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907100200/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C74D_ATHW400M--------------FNL---------.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Despite the odds, Felix ran 49.46 seconds in the final to claim the bronze medal, her 10th overall Olympic medal.<ref name="Felix Did What No One Expected From"/> This accomplishment lowered her [[List of world records in masters athletics#400 metres 2|400-meter masters athletics record]], tied her with [[Carl Lewis]] as the most decorated American track and field Olympian, and broke her tie with [[Merlene Ottey]] as the most decorated female track and field Olympian.<ref>{{cite web |title=Allyson Felix claims 10th Olympic medal as Shaunae Miller-Uibo defends 400-meter title |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/31971594/allyson-felix-claims-10th-olympic-medal-shaunae-miller-uibo-defends-400-meter-title |website=ESPN |date=August 6, 2021 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> Felix concluded her Olympic career after winning gold in the women's [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 meters final]], alongside a team that included [[Sydney McLaughlin]], [[Dalilah Muhammad]], and [[Athing Mu]]. This 11th Olympic medal broke Felix's tie with Carl Lewis and officially established her as the most decorated American track and field athlete in Olympic history.<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. dominates women's 4x400 relay as Allyson Felix becomes most decorated American track star |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/31979476/us-dominates-women-4x400-relay-allyson-felix-becomes-most-decorated-american-track-star |website=ESPN |date=August 7, 2021 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>

====Retirement====
In April 2022, Felix announced that she would retire at the end of that year's season. Her last competition was the [[2022 World Athletics Championships|World Athletics Championships]] in Eugene in July 2022, where she won gold in the women's [[2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 meters relay]] and bronze in the mixed [[2022 World Athletics Championships – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 meters relay]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hahn |first1=Jason |title=Allyson Felix Retires After Final Race of Legendary Career: 'I Felt the Love' |url=https://people.com/sports/allyson-felix-runs-last-race-of-career/ |website=People |language=en}}</ref>

==Achievements ==
Allyson Felix is a five-time recipient of the [[Jesse Owens Award|Jesse Owens/Jackie Joyner Kersee Award]], an accolade given by [[USA Track & Field]] to commend the chosen athlete of the year. She won the award for the first time in 2005, and then again in 2007, 2010, 2012 and 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/statistics/Annual-Awards/TF/JesseOwensAward.aspx|newspaper=USA Track & Field|title=USATF - Jesse Owens Award|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/trackandfield/story/_/id/8624289/allyson-felix-ashton-eaton-win-2012-jesse-owens-award-usatf|title=Felix, Eaton win 2012 Jesse Owens Awards|website=ESPN|date=November 12, 2012 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.legacy.usatf.org/News/2015/Jesse-Owens-Awards-Ceremony-celebrates-the-best-of.aspx | work = [[USATF]] | access-date=7 September 2021 | title = Jesse Owens Awards Ceremony celebrates the best of 2015 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160921100935/http://www.usatf.org/News/2015/Jesse-Owens-Awards-Ceremony-celebrates-the-best-of.aspx | archive-date = September 21, 2016 }}</ref> After her success at the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London Olympics]], Felix received the 2012 [[World Athletics|IAAF]] [[World Athlete of the Year|Female World Athlete of the Year]] award. In 2022, Felix received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#sports}}</ref>

===Personal bests===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Event
!Time (seconds)
!Venue
!Date
|-
|[[60 meters|60&nbsp;meters]]
|7.10
|[[Fayetteville, Arkansas]], United States
|February 12, 2012
|-
|[[100 meters|100&nbsp;meters]]
|10.89
|[[London]], United Kingdom
|August 4, 2012
|-
|[[150 meters|150&nbsp;meters]]
|16.28
|[[Osaka]], Japan
|August 31, 2007
|-
|[[200 meters|200&nbsp;meters]]
|21.69
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]], United States
|June 30, 2012
|-
|[[300 meters|300&nbsp;meters]]
|36.33
|Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
|February 9, 2007
|-
|[[400 meters|400&nbsp;meters]]
|49.26
|[[Beijing, China]]
|August 27, 2015<ref>{{cite web|title=Allyson FELIX {{!}} Athlete Profile|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/allyson-felix-14309983|access-date= 28 February 2021|website=[[World Athletics]]}}</ref>
|}

*At the [[2012 Summer Olympics in London|2012 Summer Olympics]] Felix ran the second leg of the [[4 × 400 meters relay]] in a time of 48.2 seconds.
*At the [[2015 World Championships in Athletics|2015 World Championships]] Felix ran the third leg of the 4 × 400 meters relay in a time of 47.72 seconds, which is the fastest 4 × 400 meters split ever by an American woman and third-fastest 4 × 400 meters split ever by any female athlete, after [[Jarmila Kratochvílová]] and [[Marita Koch]].<ref name="All-time Women's 4x400m relay"/>

===National titles===
*Six-time national 200 meters champion – [[2004 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)|2004]] (22.28), [[2005 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|2005]] (22.13), [[2007 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|2007]] (22.34), [[2008 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)|2008]] (21.82), [[2009 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|2009]] (22.02), [[2012 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)|2012]] (21.69)
*Three-time national 400 meters champion – [[2011 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|2011]] (50.40), [[2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|2015]] (50.05), [[2016 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)|2016]] (49.68)
*U.S. national 100 meters champion – [[2010 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|2010]] (11.27 with −2.5&nbsp;m/s headwind)

Notes: The 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 [[USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|U.S. championships]] double as the [[United States Olympic Trials (track and field)|U.S. Olympic track and field trials]]. Felix is the first woman ever to win U.S. national titles in the 100 meters, 200 meters, and 400 meters in her career.<ref>{{cite web |title=With first 400m national title, Felix achieves significant milestone - USA Champs, Day 3 |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/13th-iaaf-world-championships-in-athletics-7003367/news/news/with-first-400m-national-title-felix-achieves |website=World Athletics |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> She is also the second American woman, after [[Chandra Cheeseborough]], to ever qualify for the Olympics (by placing in the top three) in the 100 meters, 200 meters, and 400 meters during her career.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Scatamacchia |first1=Eric |title=Allyson Felix, LaShawn Merritt win 400m at U.S. Olympic Trials |url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2016/07/03/allyson-felix-lashawn-merritt-make-olympic-team-in-400m/ |website=NBC Sports |date=July 3, 2016 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>

===International competitions===
{|{{AchievementTable|Event=yes|Time=yes|NotesOff=yes|nation=USA}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2001
|rowspan=2|[[IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics|World Youth Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Debrecen]], Hungary
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|100&nbsp;m
|11.57
|-
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|data-sort-value="800 relay"|Medley relay
|data-sort-value=123.83|2:03.83
|-
|rowspan=2|2002
|rowspan=2|[[2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], Jamaica
|5th
|200&nbsp;m
|[[2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|23.48]]
|-
| style="background:silver;"|2nd (semis)
|data-sort-value="400 relay"|4 × 100&nbsp;m relay
|[[2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|43.92]]{{refn|group=n|name=alternate}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2003
|rowspan=2|[[2003 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Santo Domingo]], Dominican Republic
| style="background:#c96;"| 3rd
|200&nbsp;m
|[[Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games|22.93]]
|-
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|data-sort-value="400 relay"|4 × 100&nbsp;m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games|43.06]]
|-
|2003
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Paris]], France
|6th (quarter-finals)
|200&nbsp;m
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|23.33]]
|-
|2004
|[[2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Athens]], Greece
| style="background:silver;"| 2nd
|200&nbsp;m
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres|22.18]]
|-
|2005
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Helsinki]], Finland
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|200&nbsp;m
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|22.16]]
|-
|rowspan=2| 2006
|rowspan=2| [[2006 IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]]
|rowspan=2| [[Stuttgart]], Germany
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|200&nbsp;m
|22.11
|-
| style="background:#c96;"|3rd
|100&nbsp;m
|11.07
|-
|rowspan=3|2007
|rowspan=3|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=3| [[Osaka]], Japan
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|200&nbsp;m
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|21.81]]
|-
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|data-sort-value="400 relay"|4 × 100&nbsp;m relay
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|41.98]]
|-
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|data-sort-value="1600 relay"|4 × 400&nbsp;m relay
|data-sort-value=198.55|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:18.55]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2008
|rowspan=2| [[2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2| [[Beijing]], China
| style="background:silver;"| 2nd
|200&nbsp;m
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres|21.93]]
|-
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|data-sort-value="1600 relay"|4 × 400&nbsp;m relay
|data-sort-value=198.54|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:18.54]]
|-
|rowspan=2| 2009
|rowspan=2| [[2009 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2| [[Berlin]], Germany
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|200&nbsp;m
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|22.02]]
|-
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|data-sort-value="1600 relay"|4 × 400&nbsp;m relay
|data-sort-value=197.83|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:17.83]]
|-
|2010
|[[2010 World Indoor Championships in Athletics|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Doha]], Qatar
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|data-sort-value="1600 relay"|4 × 400&nbsp;m relay
|data-sort-value=207.34|[[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:27.34]]
|-
|rowspan=4| 2011
|rowspan=4|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=4|[[Daegu]], South Korea
| style="background:#c96;"| 3rd
|200&nbsp;m
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|22.42]]
|-
| style="background:silver;"|2nd
|400&nbsp;m
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|49.59]]
|-
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|data-sort-value="400 relay"|4 × 100&nbsp;m relay
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|41.56]]
|-
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|data-sort-value="1600 relay"|4 × 400&nbsp;m relay
|data-sort-value=198.09|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:18.09]]
|-
|rowspan=4|2012
|rowspan=4| [[2012 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=4| [[London]], United Kingdom
| style="text-align:center;"|5th
|100&nbsp;m
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres|10.89]]
|-
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|200&nbsp;m
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres|21.88]]
|-
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|data-sort-value="400 relay"|4 × 100&nbsp;m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|40.82]] {{AthAbbr|OR}} {{AthAbbr|WR}}
|-
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|data-sort-value="1600 relay"|4 × 400&nbsp;m relay
|data-sort-value=196.88|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:16.88]]
|-
|2013
|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Moscow]], Russia
|{{AthAbbr|DNF}}
|200&nbsp;m
|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|Injured]]
|-
|rowspan=4|2015
|[[2015 IAAF World Relays|World Relays]]
|[[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]], Bahamas
| style="background:silver;"| 2nd
|data-sort-value="400 relay"|4 × 100&nbsp;m relay
|[[2015 IAAF World Relays – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|42.32]]
|-
|rowspan=3|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Beijing]], China
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|400&nbsp;m
|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|49.26]]
|-
| style="background:silver;"| 2nd
|data-sort-value="400 relay"|4 × 100&nbsp;m relay
|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|41.68]]
|-
| style="background:silver;"| 2nd
|data-sort-value="1600 relay"|4 × 400&nbsp;m relay
|data-sort-value=199.44|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:19.44]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2016
|rowspan=3|[[2016 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=3|[[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil
| style="background:silver;"| 2nd
|400&nbsp;m
|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres|49.51]]
|-
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|data-sort-value="400 relay"|4 × 100&nbsp;m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|41.01]]
|-
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|data-sort-value="1600 relay"|4 × 400&nbsp;m relay
|data-sort-value=199.06|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:19.06]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2017
|rowspan=3|[[2017 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[London]], United Kingdom
| style="background:#c96;"| 3rd
|400&nbsp;m
|[[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|50.08]]
|-
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|data-sort-value="400 relay"|4 × 100&nbsp;m relay
|[[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|41.82]]
|-
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|data-sort-value="1600 relay"|4 × 400&nbsp;m relay
|data-sort-value=199.02|[[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:19.02]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2019
|rowspan=2|[[2019 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Doha]], Qatar
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|data-sort-value="1600 relay mixed"|4 × 400&nbsp;m mixed relay
|data-sort-value=189.34|[[2019 World Athletics Championships – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay|3:09.34]] {{AthAbbr|WR}}
|-
| style="background:gold;"| 1st (heats)
|data-sort-value="1600 relay"|4 × 400&nbsp;m relay
|data-sort-value=202.96|[[2019 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:22.96]]{{refn|group=n|name=alternate|Time from the heats; Felix was replaced in the final.}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2021
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Tokyo]], Japan
| style="background:#c96;"|3rd
|400&nbsp;m
|[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres|49.46]] [[List of world records in masters athletics#400 metres 2|MWR]]
|-
| style="background:gold;"| 1st
|data-sort-value="1600 relay"|4 × 400&nbsp;m relay
|data-sort-value=196.85|[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:16.85]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2022
|rowspan=2|[[2022 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Eugene, Oregon]], USA
| style="background:#c96;"| 3rd
|data-sort-value="1600 relay mixed"|4 × 400&nbsp;m mixed relay
|data-sort-value=189.34|[[2022 World Athletics Championships – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay|3:10.16]] {{AthAbbr|SB}}
|-
| style="background:gold;"| 1st (heats)
|data-sort-value="1600 relay"|4 × 400&nbsp;m relay
|data-sort-value=202.96|[[2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:23.38]]{{refn|group=n|name=alternate}}
|}
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===Golden League wins===
*[[2008 IAAF Golden League|2008]] (2) – Rome (400 m), Zurich (200 m)

===Diamond League wins===
*[[2010 IAAF Diamond League|2010]] (7) – Doha (400 m), [[2010 Prefontaine Classic|Eugene]] (400 m), Paris (200 m), Stockholm (200 m), London (400 m), [[2010 Weltklasse Zürich|Zürich]] (400 m), [[2010 Memorial Van Damme|Brussels]] (200 m)
*[[2011 IAAF Diamond League|2011]] (3) – Doha (400 m), Rome (400 m), New York (200 m)
*[[2012 IAAF Diamond League|2012]] (2) – Doha (100 m), Eugene (200 m)
*[[2013 IAAF Diamond League|2013]] (1) – London (200 m)
*[[2014 IAAF Diamond League|2014]] (3) – Oslo (200 m), Stockholm (200 m), Brussels (200 m)
*[[2015 IAAF Diamond League|2015]] (2) – Doha (200 m), Lausanne (200 m)
*[[2017 IAAF Diamond League|2017]] (1) – London (400 m)

===Diamond League titles===
*[[2010 IAAF Diamond League|2010]] Overall 200 m Diamond Race Title<ref name="diamondleague.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.diamondleague.com/diamond-race/archive/2010/ |title=2010 - Diamond League |access-date=September 10, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907071654/http://www.diamondleague.com/diamond-race/archive/2010/ |archive-date=September 7, 2015 }}</ref>
*[[2010 IAAF Diamond League|2010]] Overall 400 m Diamond Race Title<ref name="diamondleague.com"/>
*[[2014 IAAF Diamond League|2014]] Overall 200 m Diamond Race Title<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.diamondleague.com/Samsung-Diamond-Race/Results-Archive1/Overview-Disciplines1/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=August 21, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829053854/http://diamondleague.com/Samsung-Diamond-Race/Results-Archive1/Overview-Disciplines1/ |archive-date=August 29, 2012}}</ref>
*[[2015 IAAF Diamond League|2015]] Overall 200 m Diamond Race Title<ref>{{cite web|date=2015-09-11|title=IAAF Diamond League – Diamond Race Standings – 11 September 2015|url=https://www.diamondleague.com/fileadmin/user_upload/2015_Diamond_Race_Results.pdf|access-date=2021-02-28|website=[[Diamond League]]}}</ref>

==Sports advocacy==
[[File:Allyson Felix 2010.jpg|thumb|right|195px|Felix as a member of the [[President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition]]]]
Under the [[Barack Obama|Obama]] administration, Felix served on the [[President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition]], an advisory committee dedicated to creating affordable and sustainable physical activity and nutrition programs to encourage healthy lifestyles among Americans of all ages.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Office of the Press Secretary |title=First Lady Launches President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/first-lady-launches-president-s-council-fitness-sports-and-nutrition |website=The White House |date=June 23, 2010 |access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref> As a councilmember, she appeared in short clips promoting healthy school breakfasts, mediated youth panels, and participated in a "Let's Move! Active Schools" event hosted by First Lady [[Michelle Obama]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=Elyse |title=First Lady Michelle Obama, Shaquille O'Neal, Allyson Felix and Dominique Dawes Kick Off the School Year with Big Commitments from DC Public Schools at Let's Move! Active Schools Event |url=https://letsmove.obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2013/09/07/first-lady-michelle-obama-shaquille-o%25E2%2580%2599neal-allyson-felix-and-dominique-dawes-kick-sc |website=Let's Move |access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Allyson Felix: Energize Your Day With School Breakfast |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQXYyigRyU8 |website=YouTube | date=August 29, 2013 |publisher=USDA|access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2015 PCFSN Youth Panel |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmw5rPbrN8A |website=YouTube | date=May 27, 2015 |publisher=President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition |access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref>

In November 2014, Felix traveled to Brazil as a [[SportsUnited|Sports Diplomacy]] Sports Envoy for the [[Department of State|U.S. Department of State]]. In this function, she worked with [[Josh George]] to conduct clinics, speeches and other events for 510 youth, many of whom had disabilities or came from marginalized communities. The program was designed to remove barriers and create activities that benefit audiences with and without disabilities, whilst speaking with a young, at-risk public about important life and sports values, such as respect, discipline and overcoming adversity.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brazil |first1=U. S. Mission |title=Sports Envoys Allyson Felix and Josh George Inspire Brazilian Youth in Program Focused on Social Inclusion |url=https://br.usembassy.gov/sports-envoys-allyson-felix-and-josh-george-inspire-brazilian-youth-in-program-focused-on-social-inclusion/ |website=U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Brazil |date=November 18, 2014 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[World Athletics Awards]]
:: World Athlete of the Year (Women)：2012<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Athletes of the Year |url=https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/651c81d5050f9b2bc0433282.pdf?_gl=1*6hkuqu*_ga*NjYxMTM1NTI5LjE3MTUyMjE3MTY.*_ga_7FE9YV46NW*MTcxNTIyMTcxNS4xLjEuMTcxNTIyMTcyMi4wLjAuMA.. |website=[[World Athletics]] |format=PDF |access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bolt and Felix are 2012 World Athletes of the Year |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/news/bolt-and-felix-are-2012-world-athletes-of-the |website=[[World Athletics]] |format= |access-date=25 November 2012}}</ref>

*In December 2024, Allyson Felix was included on the [[BBC]]'s ''[[100 Women (BBC)|100 Women]]'' list.<ref name=bbc>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/resources/idt-4f79d09b-655a-42f8-82b4-9b2ecebab611|title=BBC 100 Women 2024: Who is on the list this year?|publisher=BBC|date=3 December 2024|accessdate=3 December 2024 |language=}}</ref>

==Personal life==
She is married to American sprinter and hurdler [[Kenneth Ferguson]]. They have a daughter, born in 2018, and a son, born in 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shelburne |first1=Ramona |title=Allyson Felix on pregnancy and motherhood: 'Only so much of this you can predict, much less control' |url=http://www.espn.com/espnw/voices/article/25526785/allyson-felix-pregnancy-motherhood-only-much-can-predict-much-less-control |access-date=May 28, 2019 |website=ESPN W |date=December 20, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/49952710|title=Allyson Felix: World Athletics Championships record-breaker on life-changing year|date=October 7, 2019|website=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Maine |first1=D'Arcy |title=Allyson Felix grateful after healthy birth of second child |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/39976192/allyson-felix-birth-new-child-black-maternal-health |access-date=May 1, 2024 |website=ESPN |date=April 19, 2024}}</ref> Felix is a [[Christianity|Christian]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ackerman |first1=Jon |title=Allyson Felix becomes most decorated female Olympian ever, thankful for 'God's grace' |url=https://sportsspectrum.com/sport/olympics/2021/08/06/allyson-felix-female-olympian-gods-grace/ |website=Sports Spectrum |date=August 7, 2021 |access-date=7 August 2021}}</ref> She is a member of the [[Alpha Kappa Alpha]].{{cn|date=May 2025}}

==See also==
*[[List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event]]

==References==
{{reflist}} https://aka1908.com/bios/allyson-felix/

==External links==
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*[http://www.zimbio.com/Allyson+Felix/pictures/pro Allyson Felix Pictures - Zimbio Profile]

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