Jackie's grandmother named her this after the wife of former U.S. president John F. Kennedy, hoping that the youngster would someday be "first lady" of something
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East St. Louis Lincoln Senior High school
The high school that Jackie attended, where she received widespread honors in various sports, including track, basketball and volleyball
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The long jump
Jackie Joyner-Kersee was the first american to win gold in this event
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Los Angeles
The city where Joyner-Kersee competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal in the heptathlon
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East St. Louis, Illinois
Jackie's hometown
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Modern dance
As a child, Jackie began to study this at the local Mary Brown Community Center
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University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
The college Joyner-Kersee attended, where she starred in both track and field and in women's basketball from 1980-1985
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7,000
Jackie is the first woman to earn more than this amount of points in the seven-event heptathlon, current world record-holder
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1986 Goodwill Games
Joyner-Kersee became the first woman to score over 7,000 points in a heptathlon during this event
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1986
The year Joyner married her coach, Bob Kersee
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18
As a teenage parent, Jackie's mother, Mary Joyner told the children they could not date until they were this age
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Junior Pentathlon championship
The award Jackie won 4 years in a row as a teen
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4
The number of times Jackie has set a record in the heptathlon at the Summer Olympics in 1988, and taking home a gold medal
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1988 Summer Olympics
In this event, Joyner-Kersee earned gold medals in both the heptathlon and the long jump
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Joyner-Kersee helped establish "Athletes for Hope" along with such sports heroes as Andre Agassi, Muhammad Ali and Mia Hamm
A charitable organization, which helps professional athletes get involved in charitable causes and inspires millions of non-athletes to volunteer and support the community
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Jackie's older brother Al
The first competitor Jackie beat regularly at racing
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1,167
The number of points Jackie scored during her collegiate basketball career, which places her 19th all time for the Bruins games
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1996
The year of Joyner-Kersee's last Olympic run, when she took home a bronze medal in the long jump at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta
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1991 World Championships
Joyner-Kersee was everyone's favorite to retain both her world titles earned four years earlier in Rome during this event
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation
An establishment by Joyner-Kersee in which provides youth, adults, and families with athletic lessons and the resources to improve their quality of life with special attention directed to East St. Louis, Illinois
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37
Jackie's mother's age when she died from a rare form of meningitis
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February 21, 1998
The day Jackie was honored as one of the 15 greatest players in UCLA women's basketball
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Silver medal
Joyner-Kersee won this in the heptathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics, as well as gold and bronze medals in the long jump in 1988 and 1992
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2000 Olympic Trials
Joyner-Kersee made her final blow in track and field competition in this event