Jackie Joyner-Kersee

By jls2617

  • Sign Up Time

    Sign Up Time
    A sign up sheet for girls' track team appeared on the bulletin board at the community center when she was 10 years old.

  • Coed Track Team

    Coed Track Team
    Jackie was 12 and 2 men organized a track squad of male and female athletes.

  • Stretching

    Stretching
    Jackie knows the importance of stretching before performing long jumps.

  • High School

    High School
    Jackie is with her high school coach outside East St. Louis Lincoln High School

  • Hero

    Hero
    After winning the silver medal in the 1984 Olympics, Jackie and two other East St Louis athletes become local heroes.

  • Olympics

    Olympics
    A Gold medal is won by Jackie for heptathalon at the Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

  • NAACP

    NAACP
    She gives a keynote speech at the NAACP's sports and business meeting.