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1. • • The Award is presented annually to a person whose actions and commitment have furthered the meaning and reach of the Academic All-America® Teams Program, promoting the values of education and athletics.
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   She won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic medals at four different Olympic Games. Joyner-Kersee was also a four-time gold medalist (twice each in heptathlon and long jump) at the world championships. Since 1988, she has held the world record for heptathlon.

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   What is the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Award?

   • In 2013, the Female award was renamed the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Award. To date, Joyner-Kersee holds the world record in heptathlon along with the top six all-time best results whilst her long jump record of 7.49 m is second on the long jump all-time list.

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   Who won the 2021 USATF Jackie Joyner-Kersee Award?

   • Sydney McLaughlin has been named the 2021 USATF Jackie Joyner-Kersee Award winner. Two-time world record setter and Olympic gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin, and Olympic and Diamond League champion Ryan Crouser, who also set two world records, have been announced as the recipients of the 2021 USATF Awards.

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   Who is Jackie Joyner-Kersee?

   • In 1986, she received the James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States. Now known as Jackie Joyner-Kersee after marrying her coach Bob Kersee, she entered the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea and earned gold medals in both the heptathlon and the long jump.

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   How many gold medals did Joyner-Kersee win?

   • The first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in the long jump and the first woman to compile more than 7,000 points in the seven-event heptathlon, Joyner-Kersee went on to win three golds, a silver and two bronze medals over four separate Olympics. She was named Sports Illustrated for Women 's top female athlete of the 20th century.

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   Feb 8, 2024 · The first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in the long jump and the first woman to compile more than 7,000 points in the seven-event heptathlon, Joyner-Kersee went on to win three...

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   Mar 20, 2024 · The Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation. Established in 1988, the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation seeks to instill in youth in and around the surrounding area of East St. Louis, Illinois, with the “dream, drive and determination necessary to succeed in academics, athletics and leadership,” according to the foundation’s social media.

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   Dec 3, 2021 · INDIANAPOLIS — Double world record setter and double Olympic gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin has been named the 2021 USATF Jackie Joyner-Kersee Award winner, while Olympic and Diamond League champion and two-time world record setter Ryan Crouser has won the 2021 USATF Jesse Owens Award.

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   Jul 22, 2024 · Joyner-Kersee set the heptathlon world record (7,291) for the fourth time while winning the gold medal at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, an achievement that earned her a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. In 1992 in Barcelona, she became the first athlete to win the heptathlon in consecutive Olympic Games.

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   Mar 8, 2012 · Joyner-Kersee won the long jump and heptathlon by huge margins at the 1987 IAAF World Championships and repeated the same double 12 months later at the 1988 Olympic Games. She added a second heptathlon title at the 1992 Olympics, where she also won a long jump silver medal, and between 1985 and 1991 she won 12 consecutive heptathlon contests.

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    Among her many accolades, Joyner-Kersee won the 1986 James E. Sullivan Award as the nation's top amateur athlete, as well as USA Track & Field's Jesse Owens Award in 1986 and '87. In 1999, she was named the greatest female athlete of the 20th century by Sports Illustrated for Women.