[DOC] [TLE] Jackie Joyner-Kersee - Track and Field Athlete - Biography.com [PAR] Feb 4, 2016 ... Her gold medal-winning score from the heptathlon in 1988 still stands as the 
world record. ... was the first American to win gold for the long jump and the first 
woman ... the most decorated female athlete in Olympic track and field history. ... 
In the late 1990s, Bob became a volunteer member of UCLA's track... [DOC] [TLE] Jackie Joyner-Kersee facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] Joyner-Kersee has won three Olympic gold medals, one silver, and one bronze, 
.... gold medal in heptathlon and bronze medal in long jump, 1992; first woman 
athlete ... In the 1988 and 1992 Olympics she won a gold in the event. .... 
Meanwhile, Al Joyner became the first American in 80 years to win the Olympic 
triple jump. [DOC] [TLE] Jackie Joyner-Kersee | American athlete | Britannica.com [PAR] American athlete, considered by many to be the greatest female athlete ever, ... 
she became the first athlete to win the heptathlon in consecutive Olympic Games. 
... Jackie Joyner-Kersee competing in the long jump during the heptathlon 
competition at the 1998  ... Soviet pole-vaulter Sergey Bubka won his first gold 
medal. [DOC] [TLE] Jackie Joyner-Kersee - Wikipedia [PAR] Jacqueline "Jackie" Joyner-Kersee (born March 3, 1962) is an American retired 
track and field athlete, ranked among the all-time greatest athletes in the 
heptathlon as well as long jump. She won three gold, one silver, and two bronze 
Olympic medals, in those two ... She was the first American woman to earn a gold 
medal in long jump as well... [DOC] [TLE] Jackie Joyner-Kersee Facts - Biography - YourDictionary [PAR] She was the first American ever to win a gold medal in the long jump and the first 
... It has since become a track and field favorite, especially during the Olympics. ... 
Joyner-Kersee is the first American woman ever to win an Olympic long jump .... 
Joyner-Kersee has not been able to break her 1988 Olympic heptathlon record. [DOC] [TLE] Team USA Olympic Gold Medal Winners of the Past: Where Are ... [PAR] Aug 5, 2016 ... Mary Lou Retton, the first American woman ever to win a gold medal in ... Retton 
became an inspiration for American women's gymnastics and an 80's ... win two 
gold medals in Seoul in 1988, for the long jump and heptathlon,... [DOC] [TLE] ESPN.com: Joyner-Kersee completes huge leap [PAR] Jackie Joyner did become the first lady of something: Track and field. ... In the 
long jump, she tied the then-world record of 24 feet, 5 inches at the 1987 Pan-
Am Games. By winning a gold (1988) and two bronzes (1992 and 1996) in that 
event, ... decorated woman in U.S. Olympic track and field history with six medals 
total. [DOC] [TLE] Olympic Flashback: Jackie Joyner-Kersee Becomes First Woman to ... [PAR] Aug 2, 2016 ... Olympic Flashback: Jackie Joyner-Kersee Becomes First Woman to Win ... in 
1988, as Joyner-Kersee prepared for the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. ... She won the 
gold medals in both the long jump and the heptathlon, setting a ... It would be her 
sixth Olympic medal, the most ever won by an American woman in... [DOC] [TLE] Golden girl: The first Olympic speed queen - CNN.com [PAR] Aug 3, 2012 ... Her achievement has paved the way for her fellow U.S. female athletes to etch 
their ... won gold in both heptathlon and the long jump at Seoul in 1988. ... 
became the first women's track and field gold medal winner; The Illinois... [DOC] [TLE] Jackie Joyner-Kersee Biography: Olympic Athlete - Ducksters [PAR] Jackie also excelled in basketball at Lincoln High School and was an ... At the 
end of her Olympic career Jackie had won 6 medals including 3 gold medals ... 
Award in both 1986 and 1987 for the best track and field athlete in the US. Joyner
-Kersee was the first woman to score

Question: In 1988 this heptathlete became the first U.S. woman to win an Olympic gold medal in the long jump
Answer: Jackie Joyner-Kersee