page_title: Jackie Joyner-Kersee
section_title: Competition
hierarchical_section_title: Jackie Joyner-Kersee / Competition
caption_attribution_description: 1988 US Olympic Trials Jackie Joyner Kersee Set Long Jump Record Press Photo
context_page_description: Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee 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 events at four different Olympic Games. Sports Illustrated for Women magazine voted Joyner-Kersee the Greatest Female Athlete of All-Time. She is on the Board of Directors for USA Track & Field, the national governing body of the sport.
  Joyner-Kersee is an active philanthropist in children's education, racial equality and women's rights. She is a founder of the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation, which encourages young people in East St. Louis to pursue athletics and academics. She partnered with Comcast to create the Internet Essentials program in 2011, which costs $9.95/month for low-income Americans and offers low-cost laptops and 40 hours/month of high-speed internet service. Since its inception, it has provided internet access to 4 million Americans.
  Joyner-Kersee is one of the most famous athletes to have overcome severe asthma.
caption: Joyner-Kersee at the 1988 Olympic Trials
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