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Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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Person

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

b. 1962

American track and field athlete

Born
3 Mar 1962 · East St. Louis
Part ofAfrican Americans1753 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 74 years
  1. 3 Mar 1962BornBorn in East St. Louis
  2. 1981 – 1985TeamUCLA Bruins women's basketball
  3. 1984Took part1984 Summer Olympics
  4. 1986AwardJames E. Sullivan Award
  5. 1986AwardJesse Owens Award
  6. 1986AwardTrack & Field News Athlete of the Year
  7. 1987AwardAssociated Press Athlete of the Year
  8. 1992AwardPhoenix Award
  9. 1998AwardDoctor of Humane Letters
  10. 1998AwardHonorary degree from Spelman College
  11. 2000AwardLibrary of Congress Living Legend
  12. 2005AwardOrder of Lincoln
  13. 2008AwardDoctor of Humane Letters
  14. 2010AwardSilver Anniversary Awards
  15. 2015AwardHonda Sports Award for Track & Field

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1962 – today).

  1. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  3. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  4. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  5. 1968Prague Spring
  6. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  7. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  8. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  9. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  10. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  11. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  12. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  13. 1985Schengen Agreement
  14. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  15. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  16. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  18. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  19. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  20. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  21. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  22. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  23. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  24. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  25. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  26. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  27. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  28. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  29. 20112011 Norway attacks
  30. 2011Libyan civil war
  31. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  32. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  33. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  34. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  35. 2015Paris Agreement
  36. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  37. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  38. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  39. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  40. 2023Gaza war

Biography

Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee, née Joyner, (born March 3, 1962) is an American former track and field athlete who competed in both the heptathlon and long jump. She won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic medals at four different Olympic Games. Joyner-Kersee was also a four-time gold medalist (twice each in heptathlon and long jump) at the world championships. Since 1988, she has held the world record for heptathlon.

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