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Jackie Joyner-Kersee - Awards And Accomplishments

olympic medal heptathlon jump

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
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2 months ago

These are all the wrong years, I have been me for quite a while, I think I know when it happened...

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2 months ago

These are all the wrong years, I have been me for quite a while, I think I know when it happened...

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3 months ago

Very informative and also easy to understand. We are need other people in our life.

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2 months ago

These are all the wrong years, I have been me for quite a while, I think I know when it happened...