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- NAME: Jackie Joyner-Kersee
- OCCUPATION: Track and Field Athlete
- BIRTH DATE: March 03, 1962 (Age: 51)
- EDUCATION: University of California at Los Angeles
- PLACE OF BIRTH: East St. Louis, Illinois
- AKA: Jackie Joyner-Kersee
- Full Name: Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee
- Maiden Name: Jacqueline Joyner
- AKA: Jackie Joyner
- ZODIAC SIGN: Pisces
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One of the greatest athletes of all time, track and field star Jackie Joyner-Kersee has won three Olympic gold medals, as well as one silver and two bronze.
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee. [Internet]. 2013. The Biography Channel website. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/jackie-joyner-kersee-9358710 [Accessed 24 May 2013].
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"Jackie Joyner-Kersee," The Biography Channel website, http://www.biography.com/people/jackie-joyner-kersee-9358710 (accessed May 24, 2013).
Jackie Joyner-Kersee [Internet]. The Biography Channel website; 2013 [cited 2013 May 24] Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/jackie-joyner-kersee-9358710.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee, http://www.biography.com/people/jackie-joyner-kersee-9358710 (last visited May 24, 2013).
Jackie Joyner-Kersee. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/jackie-joyner-kersee-9358710. Accessed May 24, 2013.
Additionally, in 2007, Joyner-Kersee helped establish Athletes for Hope along with such sports heroes as Andre Agassi, Muhammad Ali and Mia Hamm. This organization supports and encourages athletes "to make a difference in the world," according to its website.
Joyner-Kersee joined the board of the USA Track & Field organization in 2012.
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