JACKIE JOYNER KERSEE
Published on Nov 22, 2015
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Early Life
Jackie Joyner-Kersee was born in 1962 in Illinois. Growing up there, Jackie liked to go to the Mary Brown center for kids. She tried a lot of sports like volleyball and dance. Later, Jackie and her older brother Al went to track and field. They trained together. Jackie was a great athelete. When she was 14 she won 4 Junior pentathlons in a row!
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Education
Jackie went to UCLA with a basketball scholarship, not a track and field scholarship. She played for the Bruins for 4 years. Then Jackie started to focus on Track at UCLA. In 1984 Jackie decided to do the summer olympics. In 1986 she married Bob Kersee who was her coach.
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Accomplishments
In the 1988 summer Olympics, Jackie won 2 gold medals! They were for Long Jump and the Heptathlon. In 1992, she won 2 medals again. She won gold in the Heptathlon and Bronze in Long Jump.She was also the first woman to score more than 7,000 points in the Heptathlon.
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Charactor Traits
Hardworking- She never gave up and she won 3 gold medals.
Purposeful- she had sportsmanship and she didn't care if she didn't win gold in a event.
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Timeline
1962- Jackie Joyner-Kersee was born.
1984- Jackie won silver in the Heptathlon at the summer olympics.
1986- Jackie married Bob Kersee who was her coach.
1988- She won gold in Long Jump and the Heptathlon.
1992- She won gold in the Heptathlon and bronze in Long Jump.
1998- Jackie Retired from the Olympics.
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