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Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee (born March 3, 1962) is a retired American track and field athlete, ranked among the all-time greats in the heptathlon as well as long jump. She won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic medals in those two events at four different Olympic Games.
Feb 8, 2024 · Jackie Joyner-Kersee is one of the greatest track and field athletes in American history. The first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in the long jump and the first woman to compile...
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May 21, 2024 · Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American athlete who was considered by many to be the greatest female athlete ever. At the 1986 Goodwill Games in Moscow, she became the first person to score more than 7,000 points in the heptathlon.
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Sep 22, 1998 · LATE yesterday afternoon, Bob Kersee and his wife, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, had touched down in Los Angeles and were headed down the freeway, headed toward the home that Jackie's brother, Al,...
Named the Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th Century by Sports Illustrated, four-time Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee was the first woman to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals in the heptathlon, the first African American woman to win an Olympic medal in the long jump and the first athlete to score more than 7,000 points in the heptathlon.
By the time of the 1988 Olympic Games, Joyner-Kersee (she had married her coach, Bob Kersee) was so much better at the heptathlon than everyone else that her husband had to invent a fantasy opponent: Wilhelmina World Record. At the Olympic Games in Seoul, Joyner-Kersee won the gold by beating Wilhelmina by 76 points.
Mar 8, 2012 · Learn about the career and achievements of Jackie Joyner-Kersee, the greatest all-round woman athlete ever and the Sports Illustrated Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th Century. She won four Olympic gold medals and two world titles in the long jump and heptathlon.
