LOUIS — While Jackie Joyner-Kersee remembers her gold medal Olympic performances fondly, it's a bronze medal that tested her determination. Joyner-Kersee, from East St. Louis, medaled in four ...

Joyner-Kersee said she remembers being inspired watching Evelyn Ashford finish fifth in the 100 meters at the 1976 Olympics (Ashford went on to win four Olympic gold medals and one silver in the ...

Jackie Joyner-Kersee, who will be the featured speaker at the RVA Sports Awards, ... Joyner-Kersee went on to win 15 medals in international competition, including 12 gold medals.

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 ...

Jackie Joyner-Kersee, a four-time Olympian whose long jumping prowess earned her three gold medals, will headline the 2025 RVA Sports Awards, according to the foundation.

Joyner-Kersee, who won Olympic gold twice in the heptathlon, met Hall in 2022 at a meet, where they expressed interest in meeting each other. Thus began a mentorship the likes of which JJK has ...

On Monday, Olympic Gold Medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee came to read to them. She also signed and donated 200 books to students in kindergarten through 3rd grade.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee is a six-time Olympic medalist—including three golds—redefining what was possible for the world of athletics. But her story goes beyond the medals.

And at the 1992 games, Joyner-Kersee became the first woman to ever win back-to-back gold medals in the heptathlon. She says she would have never gone on to break and make records had it not been ...