JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE - Greatest Female Athlete of All-Time

Jackie Joyner-Kersee is an American track-and-field legend regarded as one of the greatest female athletes of all time.

Joyner-Kersee earned six Olympic medals (three across four Olympics). She was the first woman to score more than 7,000 points in the heptathlon and still holds the world record of 7,291 points.

Joyner-Kersee was named the Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th Century by Sports Illustrated and later founded the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation to support youth and community development.

LEGACY

Olympic Medals

• 3 Gold - Heptathlon ('88, '92), Long Jump ('88)
• 1 Silver - Heptathlon ('84)
• 2 Bronze - Long Jump ('92, '96)

World Championship Medals

• 4 Gold - Long Jump ('87, '91), Heptathlon ('87, '93)

Goodwill Games Medals

• 4 Gold - Heptathlon ('86, '90, '94, '98)

Pan American Game Medals

• 1 Gold - Long Jump ('87)

• Sports Illustrated for Women magazine greatest athlete of all-time
• Hondo Sports Award ('83, '85)
• James E. Sullivan Award ('86)
• Jesse Owens Award ('86, '87)
• Sporting News Athlete of the Year ('88)
• World Athletics Award ('94)
• Inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame ('23)
• USA Track & Field named their annual honor awarded to the top American female track and field athlete after Jackie Joyner-Kersee