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Jul 8, 2021 · The Olympic sprinter Allyson Felix said her "stomach dropped" when she was asked to participate in a female-empowerment ad for Nike while negotiating maternity protections with the company.
- Henry Blodget
May 22, 2019 · I’m Allyson Felix and I’ve won nine Olympic track and field medals, and that makes me one of the most decorated women in track and field history. I’ve done a lot of promotion for Nike.
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- Allyson Felix, Lindsay Crouse, Taige Jensen,Max Cantor
Mar 13, 2024 · Allyson Felix, a legendary runner and Olympian, revealed that Nike asked her to take a 70% pay cut when she was pregnant. She refused and decided to end her partnership with the brand, which later changed its policy for female athletes.
- Zachary Roberts
Aug 6, 2021 · Allyson Felix is the most decorated American female track-and-field Olympian of all time, but she told TODAY that going head-to-head with former sponsor Nike over postpartum pay...
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- Kait Hanson
- Allyson Felix's Age
- Allyson Felix's Husband
- Allyson Felix's Olympic Record
- Allyson Felix's Nike Deal
Allyson Michelle Felix was born in Los Angeles on November 18, 1985, making her 35 years old. She won her first Olympic medal when she was only 18, achieving silver in the 200 meters at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, behind Jamaica's Veronica Campbell. In that race, Felix set a World Junior record over 200m with her time of 22.18.
Felix is married to Kenneth Ferguson, who also shares her passion for running. Ferguson is himself a former sprinter and hurdler, who won three gold medals in the 2003 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships. The couple married in 2018, the same year Felix gave birth to their daughter, Camryn. Felix opened up about how her and Ferguson make tim...
Felix's main event is 400m sprint, but she has also competed at top level in the 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay and 4x400m relay. She is one of the greatest sprinters in U.S. history, and since earning her first medal at the 2004 Olympics, has gone on to hold the record for the most Olympic track-and-field medals won by an American woman. She has won nin...
Felix's daughter was born premature at 32 weeks in November 2018 and the athlete had to undergo an emergency cesarean section to allow her and her daughter to survive. Around that time, Allyson Felix had been negotiating a new contract with Nike, as her previous one had come to an end in late 2017. In May 2019, Felix called out Nike for cutting her...
Jul 9, 2021 · The six-time Olympic gold medalist reveals how Nike threatened to reduce her pay by 70 percent when she became pregnant and refused to offer contractual protection. She also shares how Nike invited her to join a women's empowerment ad after her daughter's birth.
Nov 16, 2022 · Felix signed on with Athleta in 2019 after a high-profile contract dispute with Nike, her longtime sponsor, an episode she has described as “disrespectful.” After suffering from severe...
