Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Jacqueline "Jackie" Joyner-Kersee (born March 3, 1962) is a retired American athlete. She is one of the greatest athletes in the women's heptathlon as well as in the women's long jump. Joyner-Kersee represented the United States at four Olympic games (1984-96). She won a total of three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic medals. Since 1988, she has been the world record holder in the heptathlon. Joyner-Kersee was voted "the greatest female athlete of the 20th century" by Sports Illustrated magazine.

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Category:1962 births
Category:Living people
Category:African-American track and field athletes
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the United States
Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States
Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States
Category:Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics