Jackie Joyner-Kersee is one of the ... 2007 in New York City. (Photo by Scott Wintrow/Getty Images) Joyner-Kersee was one of the founding members of the Athletes for Hope, started in 2006, along ...

Hometown: East St. Louis, Illinois High School: Lincoln HS (East St. Louis, Illinois), 1980 College: UCLA (Los Angeles, California), 1985 Considered by many to be the greatest female all-around ...

Olympic legend Jackie Joyner-Kersee who says she grew up in the boys and girls club after losing her mother at an early age. Kersee is a 6-time Olympic medalist, including 3 gold medals and she is ...

St. Louis in Missouri has always been home for me, it laid the foundation. Even though we as a family didn't have all the things that we probably wanted as far as materialistic items, there was a ...

Jackie Joyner-Kersee smiles during a question-and-answer ... When it was time to take pictures, instead of saying `Cheese’, Fennoy told his young athletes to say ``Champions.” ...

Olympic legend Jackie Joyner-Kersee’s running career didn’t get off to the best start. In her first race at nine years old, she finished dead last. But that didn’t stop her. ”I wasn't ...