Jackie Joyner-Kersee Biography

As one of the most decorated female athletes of all-time Jackie Joyner-Kersee dominated the track and field circuit for 13 years and won three gold one silver and two bronze medals spanning four Olympic Games during her illustrious career. At the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles she won the silver medal in the heptathlon. Four years later at the 1988 Games in Seoul Korea Joyner-Kersee struck gold in both her signature eventsthe heptathlon (world record) and long jump. She followed that up at the 1992 Games in Barcelona Spain by winning gold in the heptathlon and bronze in the long jump. In her final Olympic appearance at the 1996 Atlanta Games she won the bronze medal in the long jump. In addition she won a total of four gold medals (two in the heptathlon and two in the long jump) at three different World Championships and finished first in the long jump at the 1987 Pan American Games.
Sports Illustrated for Women magazine named Jackie Joyner-Kersee the Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th Century. On three different occasions (1994 1987 and 1986) she was honored by Track & Field News as the World Athlete of the Year. She also was named as the top American Athlete five times (1994 1992 1991 1987 and 1986).
Joyner-Kerse received the Jesse Owens Award in both 1986 and 1987. She still holds the world record in the heptathlon (7291 points) and is the American record holder in both the heptathlon and long jump (24-7). On December 3 2004 she was inducted into the US Track and Field Hall of Fame. The March 2002 issue of Ebony included her on its list of the Top 10 Greatest African American Women Athletes.

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