Joyner-Kersee
Americannoun
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The 24-year-old recorded the joint-second highest total of all time with 7,032 points in Gotzis in June, behind only compatriot Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025
Pac-12 alumni include some of the greatest names in sports history: Jackie Robinson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Tiger Woods and Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
From Washington Times • Aug. 6, 2023
Joyner-Kersee set the mark of 7,291 points in taking home gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2023
“Everyone is always saying what you can’t do that she has the ability to really change the mindset of what can be done,” Joyner-Kersee said.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2022
He’d been calling me JJK, short for Jackie Joyner-Kersee, since we’d started the Custer High cross-country season a few weeks previous.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
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