Jackie Joyner-Kersee is an American former track and field athlete widely regarded as one of the greatest multi-event athletes in history. She set the world record in the heptathlon and won multiple Olympic gold medals in the heptathlon and long jump across the 1980s and 1990s.
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Career HighlightJoyner-Kersee won three Olympic gold medals across four different Olympic Games in the heptathlon and long jump, and has held the heptathlon world record since 1988. 1 Classification
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March 3, 1962
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is an American former track and field athlete who competed in both the heptathlon and long jump
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She won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic medals at four different Olympic Games.
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Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee, née Joyner, (born March 3, 1962) is an American former track and field athlete who competed in both the heptathlon and long jump.
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