Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Olympic legend · track and field · champion athlete · super strong

Multiple Olympic gold medals. Jackie won gold, silver, and bronze medals at four different Olympic Games. That's competing at the highest level for years and years, proving she was one of the best in the world again and again.

Two sports at once. Jackie was amazing at both the heptathlon (seven events in one competition) and the long jump. Doing one takes incredible training, but she mastered both.

World record holder. Since 1988, Jackie has held the world record in the heptathlon, which means nobody has scored higher in all seven events combined. That's over 30 years of being the absolute best.

World champion four times. At the World Championships, Jackie won gold four times, showing she could beat the top athletes from every country on the planet.

Incredible strength and speed. The heptathlon includes running sprints, long distance, jumping far, jumping high, and throwing heavy objects. Jackie had to be fast, strong, and skilled at all of them.