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Joyner-Kersee, Jacqueline, 1962-

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Personal name headingJoyner-Kersee, Jacqueline, 1962-
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Variant(s)Joyner-Kersee, Jackie, 1962-
Kersee, Jacqueline Joyner-, 1962-
Birth date19620303
Place of birthEast Saint Louis (Ill.)
AffiliationUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation
Profession or occupationAthletes
Found inCohen, N. Jackie Joyner-Kersee, c1992: galley (Olympic gold medalist)
Who's who in America, 1990-91 (Joyner-Kersee, Jacqueline, track and field athlete; b. East St. Louis, Ill., Mar. 3, 1962)
African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014: (Joyner-Kersee, Jackie; Jacqueline Joyner; Jackie Joyner-Kersee; track and field athlete, olympic medalist; born 03 March 1962 in East St. Louis, Illinois, United States; graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) (1985); began her Olympic career at the Los Angeles Games (1984); 1986 was the U.S. Olympic Committee Sportswoman of the Year and Track & Field News Athlete of the Year (1986), recipient of the Jesse Owens Award as the top U.S. woman track athlete (1986); world and olimpic records followed in 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993; returned to the St. Louis area, where she initiated a number of business and charitable ventures; in 2000 her Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation opened a youth center in East St. Louis bearing her name)