Biography:Jackie Joyner-Kersee is an American track and field athlete, best known for her performance in the heptathlon and long jump. She won a total of six medals over four Olympic Games in her career: three gold, one silver, and two bronze.
Joyner-Kersee is now known as a philanthropist, and is still regarded as an inspiration for having overcome asthma to succeed in athletics. She was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame in 2023.
1986-07-07 American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets world heptathlon record of 7,148 points in the inaugural Goodwill Games at Moscow
1986-08-02 American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee beats her own world heptathlon record by 13 points (7,161) in Houston
1987-08-13 Jackie Joyner-Kersee ties world record with 24'5½" jump
1988-07-16 Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets women's heptathlete record of 7,215 pts
1988-09-24 American heptathlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets new world record 7,291 points to win the gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; East Germans Sabine John & Anke Behmer take the minor medals
1988-09-29 American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee wins her second gold medal of the Seoul Olympics by taking the long jump with an Olympic record leap of 7.40m; previously won the heptathlon
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