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 ...

She wrote on the back of my photo, ‘One day ... pull out the best traits from within ourselves. I founded the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation in East St. Louis back in 1988.

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 ...

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 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.” ...

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 ...