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Jackie Joyner-Kersee was born here
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East St. Louis, Illinois
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American athlete, considered by many to be the greatest female athlete ever, who became the first participant to score more than 7,000 points in the heptathlon. Joyner-Kersee's best heptathlon events were the long jump, 100-metre hurdles, 200-metre run, and high jump. She often competed in single events, particularly the long jump, in which she tied the world record (7.45 metres [24 feet 5.5 inches]) in 1987 and won the gold medal in 1988 and the bronze in 1992. After the 1996 Olympics, Joyner-Kersee played professional basketball with the Richmond Rage; she left the team midway through her first season to compete in the long jump indoors. In 1997 she published A Kind of Grace: The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Female Athlete.
American athlete, considered by many to be the greatest female athlete ever, who became the first participant to score more than 7,000 points in the heptathlon. Joyner-Kersee's best heptathlon events were the long jump, 100-metre hurdles, 200-metre run, and high jump. She often competed in single events, particularly the long jump, in which she tied the world record (7.45 metres [24 feet 5.5 inches]) in 1987 and won the gold medal in 1988 and the bronze in 1992. After the 1996 Olympics, Joyner-Kersee played professional basketball with the Richmond Rage; she left the team midway through her first season to compete in the long jump indoors. In 1997 she published A Kind of Grace: The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Female Athlete.
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