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Jackie Joyner-Kersee detiene dal 7 luglio 1986 il record mondiale dell'eptathlon e tutte le prime sei migliori prestazioni mondiali di ogni tempo. Il suo record personale nel salto in lungo, di 7,49 m, è la seconda prestazione assoluta; fra il 13 agosto 1987 e l'11 giugno 1988 è stato record mondiale (superato successivamente da ...
Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee (born March 3, 1962) is a retired American track and field athlete, ranked among the all-time greats 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.
- 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
- 154 lb (70 kg)
- American
- UCLA (1980–1985)
8 feb 2024 · Jackie Joyner-Kersee is one of the greatest track and field athletes in American history. The first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in the long jump and the first woman to compile...
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11 apr 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. Learn more about Joyner-Kersee’s life and career.
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8 mar 2012 · JJK, as she is widely known, is often considered to be the greatest all-round woman athlete ever and the famous American magazine Sports Illustrated voted her The Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th Century. Joyner-Kersee won the long jump and heptathlon by huge margins at the 1987 IAAF World Championships and repeated the same ...
Jackie JOYNER-KERSEE. Team United States of America. Athletics. Olympic Medals. 3 G. 1 S. 2 B. Games Participations 4. First Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984. Year of Birth 1962. Olympic Results. Biography.
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.
