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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 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 (USATF), the national governing body of the sport.[1]
Joyner-Kersee is an active philanthropist in children's education, racial equality and women's rights.[2] She is a founder of the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation, which encourages young people in East St. Louis to pursue athletics and academics.[2]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.[2][3][4]
Joyner-Kersee is one of the most famous athletes to have overcome severe asthma.[5]
Joyner-Kersee is an active philanthropist in children's education, racial equality and women's rights.[2] She is a founder of the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation, which encourages young people in East St. Louis to pursue athletics and academics.[2]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.[2][3][4]
Joyner-Kersee is one of the most famous athletes to have overcome severe asthma.[5]
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee - 1988 Olympic Heptathlon
A video of Jackie Joyner-Kersee's quest to win the gold and set the world record in the 1988 Olympic Decathlon.
Thanks Maj Marty Hogan that March 3 is the anniversary of the birth of retired American track and field athlete Jacqueline "Jackie" Joyner-Kersee who is 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 [1984, 1988, 1992, 1996].
From britannica.com/biography/Jackie-Joyner-Kersee
"At the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, she overcame a pulled hamstring to win the silver medal in the heptathlon, narrowly missing the gold by five points. She graduated from UCLA in 1985, and on July 7, 1986, Joyner-Kersee finally emerged as the dominant heptathlete, setting a world record (7,148 points) at the Goodwill Games in Moscow. Her score bettered the old record by 202 points, making her the first heptathlete to top 7,000 points. Joyner-Kersee set the heptathlon world record (7,291) for the fourth time while winning the gold medal at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. In 1992 in Barcelona, Spain, she became the first athlete to win the heptathlon in consecutive Olympic Games. In her final Olympic appearance at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, Georgia, she earned a bronze medal in the long jump; a hamstring injury forced her to withdraw from the heptathlon.
Joyner-Kersee’s best heptathlon events were the long jump, 100-metre hurdles, 200-metre run, and high jump. She often competed in single events, particularly the long jump, in which she tied the world record (7.45 metres [24 feet 5.5 inches]) in 1987 and won the gold medal in 1988 and the bronze in 1992. After the 1996 Olympics, Joyner-Kersee played professional basketball with the Richmond Rage; she left the team midway through her first season to compete in the long jump indoors. In 1997 she published A Kind of Grace: The Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Female Athlete."
Jackie Joyner-Kersee - 1988 Olympic Heptathlon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z-QfDiV2XA
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC Orlando Illi Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. "Bill" Price CPT Jack Durish Capt Tom Brown MSG Andrew White SFC William Farrell SGT (Join to see) Sgt Albert Castro SSG David Andrews Sgt Randy Wilber Sgt John H. CPL Dave Hoover SGT Mark Halmrast SPC Margaret Higgins SrA Christopher Wright
From britannica.com/biography/Jackie-Joyner-Kersee
"At the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, she overcame a pulled hamstring to win the silver medal in the heptathlon, narrowly missing the gold by five points. She graduated from UCLA in 1985, and on July 7, 1986, Joyner-Kersee finally emerged as the dominant heptathlete, setting a world record (7,148 points) at the Goodwill Games in Moscow. Her score bettered the old record by 202 points, making her the first heptathlete to top 7,000 points. Joyner-Kersee set the heptathlon world record (7,291) for the fourth time while winning the gold medal at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. In 1992 in Barcelona, Spain, she became the first athlete to win the heptathlon in consecutive Olympic Games. In her final Olympic appearance at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, Georgia, she earned a bronze medal in the long jump; a hamstring injury forced her to withdraw from the heptathlon.
Joyner-Kersee’s best heptathlon events were the long jump, 100-metre hurdles, 200-metre run, and high jump. She often competed in single events, particularly the long jump, in which she tied the world record (7.45 metres [24 feet 5.5 inches]) in 1987 and won the gold medal in 1988 and the bronze in 1992. After the 1996 Olympics, Joyner-Kersee played professional basketball with the Richmond Rage; she left the team midway through her first season to compete in the long jump indoors. In 1997 she published A Kind of Grace: The Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Female Athlete."
Jackie Joyner-Kersee - 1988 Olympic Heptathlon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z-QfDiV2XA
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC Orlando Illi Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. "Bill" Price CPT Jack Durish Capt Tom Brown MSG Andrew White SFC William Farrell SGT (Join to see) Sgt Albert Castro SSG David Andrews Sgt Randy Wilber Sgt John H. CPL Dave Hoover SGT Mark Halmrast SPC Margaret Higgins SrA Christopher Wright
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Maj Marty Hogan Thanks for a great post!!!
I have always been a Olympics junkie, and remember her winning, and her receiving the medals, she has a grace and style. She has used her fame to help others and help them to see how sports can benefit them deal with life.
I have always been a Olympics junkie, and remember her winning, and her receiving the medals, she has a grace and style. She has used her fame to help others and help them to see how sports can benefit them deal with life.
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