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Jacqueline Joyner, coniugata Kersee, detta Jackie, è un'ex multiplista, lunghista e cestista statunitense, campionessa olimpica e mondiale del salto in lungo e dell'eptathlon.
Now known as Jackie Joyner-Kersee after marrying her coach Bob Kersee, she entered the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea and earned gold medals in both the heptathlon and the long jump. At the Games, she set the still-standing heptathlon world record of 7,291 points.
8 feb 2024 · Learn about the life and achievements of Jackie Joyner-Kersee, one of the greatest track and field athletes in American history. She won three Olympic gold medals, set world records, and founded a youth center and a charity for athletes.
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21 mag 2024 · Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American athlete who was considered by many to be the greatest female athlete ever. At the 1986 Goodwill Games in Moscow, she became the first person to score more than 7,000 points in the heptathlon.
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8 mar 2012 · Learn about the career and achievements of Jackie Joyner-Kersee, the greatest all-round woman athlete ever and the Sports Illustrated Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th Century. She won four Olympic gold medals and two world titles in the long jump and heptathlon.
At the Olympic Games in Seoul, Joyner-Kersee won the gold by beating Wilhelmina by 76 points. Five days later, she earned a second gold medal in the long jump with a fifth-round leap of 7.40m. A jump right to the podium. Joyner-Kersee easily won the heptathlon again at the 1992 Games in Barcelona. In the long jump, she gained a bronze medal.
Joyner-Kersee won gold medals in the heptathlon and the long jump in her second Games, and earned a total of six medals throughout her Olympic career. She retired after the Atlanta 1996 Games and briefly played professional women’s basketball in the American Basketball League.
