Joyner-Kersee dominated the Olympic heptathlon and long jump. A six-time Olympic medalist, she is also the first woman to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals in the heptathlon. Published Mar 22, 2021 ...

Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee, front, leads others on a walk around the track at Francis Field, site of the 1904 Olympic Games, during Olympic & Paralympic Day on Friday, June 21, 2024, at ...

Hall fell in a hurdles race and broke her foot in 2021, but she's found redemption with the help of heptathlon legend Jackie Joyner-Kersee.

UI commencement speaker Jackie Joyner-Kersee was hailed by Sports Illustrated as the greatest female athlete of the 20th century. ... Joyner-Kersee also experienced on Jan. 20, 2021, ...

As a child growing up in East St. Louis during the 1970s, Olympian Jackie Joyner-­Kersee didn’t know how far her talents would take her—but the local community center was her key to ...

Track and field legend Jackie Joyner-Kersee shared that she received a text asking for advice from Anna Hall during the Paris Olympics. While the American heptathlon athlete went on to finish ...

World Wide Technology Raceway's Raceway Gives program partners with the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center in East St. Louis, allowing the center's young members to spend time at the track for hands-on ...

November 9, 2023. Long before she was crowned by Sports Illustrated as the greatest woman athlete of all time, Jackie Joyner-Kersee was a kid in East St. Louis, Illinois, looking for a community. She ...

Jackie Joyner-Kersee was hurt in the heptathlon, but she still wanted to compete in the long jump. It was JJK's last Olympics. She was injured, but pulled out a medal in Atlanta.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee, selected by Sports Illustrated as the best female athlete of the 20th century, will visit Albany in late August as part of the Aurora Games at Times Union Center ...

She founded the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation, which encourages young people in East St Louis to pursue athletics and academics. "We educated some of our kids who may not have known her story.

Six-time Olympic Medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee graced the stage at the Connecticut Convention Center to talk about the importance of equity at the 28th “In the Company of Women Luncheon ...