Olympic track star Allyson Felix has won Sports Illustrated’s Muhammad Ali Legacy Award for 2022.
The 11-time Olympic medalist (seven gold) retired from the sport in July at age 36. She competed in five consecutive Olympics Games, won 10 national titles in three different events and holds 20 World Athletic Championship medals (14 gold). Her résumé makes her the most decorated athlete in the history of world athletics championships.
On top of all that success, Felix experienced a difficult birth of her daughter Camryn in 2018. Felix had been diagnosed with severe preeclampsia, high blood pressure that can result in fatality in pregnancies. Camryn was born two months early, and Felix had to go into an emergency C-section to deliver her daughter. Camryn was cared for in the NICU for about a month after she was born.
