Track & Field

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

 

 

  • Four-time Olympian
  • Six-time Olympic medalist
  • Four-time World Championships gold medalist
  • Pan American Games gold medalist
  • World-record holder for heptathlon
  • Named by Sports Illustrated as the Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th Century
  • International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame member
  • U.S.A Track and Field Hall of Fame member
  • 1984 Honda Broderick Cup recipient
  • Three-time Women’s Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year
  • 1996 Wilma Rudolph Courage Award recipient
  • Former Women’s Sports Foundation trustee