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 ...

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.” ...

and now she has her sights set on achieving another – becoming the first American woman since track and field legend Jackie Joyner-Kersee in 1993 to be crowned heptathlon world champion.

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 ...

The word ‘legend' gets thrown around a lot these days, but when it comes to track and field athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee ... She wrote on the back of my photo, ‘One day, this girl is going ...

UI commencement speaker Jackie Joyner-Kersee was hailed by Sports Illustrated as the greatest female athlete of the 20th century. Editor UI commencement speaker Jackie Joyner-Kersee was hailed by ...

Jackie Joyner Kersee talks to Ashley Byrne. PHOTO: Jackie Joyner-Kersee at the 1988 Olympics (Getty Images) ...

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 ...

Jackie Joyner-Kersee may be known for her impressive athletic achievements, but her success wouldn’t have happened without one key disappointment. On May 13, the six-time Olympian donned a ...