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Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Contact Information

Address: c/o Jackie Joyner-Kersee Boys and Girls Club, 101 Jackie Joyner-Kersee Circle, East St. Louis, IL 62204. Fax: 618-274-1868. Phone: 618-274-5437. Online: www.jjkbgc.org.

Awards and Accomplishments

1974-78	Wins four consecutive national junior pentathlon championships
1984	Silver medal, Olympic heptathlon
1985	Sets U.S. record in long jump
1986	Sets two world records in heptathlon
1986	Sullivan Award for Best Amateur Athlete; Jesse Owens Award; Track and Field Athlete of the Year
1987	McDonald's Amateur Athlete of the Year
1988	Olympic gold medals in heptathlon and long jump
1989	Honorary doctorate, University of Missouri
1992	Olympic gold medal, heptathlon; Olympic bronze medal, long jump
1996	Olympic bronze medal, long jump
1998	Gold medal, heptathlon, Goodwill Games

Where Is She Now?

Joyner-Kersee continues to work to encourage young people to improve their lives, largely through her work with the Joyner-Kersee Boys and Girls Club. She told a reporter for PR Newswire, "I will be there as often as I can, hopefully every other day. I don't want the Center to just be my namesake, but to be a center that I am very active in. I want to be there for the kids."

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