Jackie Joyner-Kersee Life

By Bananaking

  • Birth

    Jackie Joyner is born in East Saint Louis. She is named after the first lady of the United States Jacqueline Kennedy because her grandmother believed that she would achieve great things.

  • Community center

    A community center opens and Jackie goes there basically everyday to all the activities that it offers.

  • Joins Track Group

    Jackie joins the local girl's track group.

  • Watches 1976 Olympics

    Jackie watches the 1976 Olympics and sees Evelynn Ashford, Jackie watches her and thinks, "she is just like me!" From that point on, Jackie wants to go to the Olympics.

  • School again.

    Jackie begins high school in East St. Louis Senior high school.

  • Fastest

    After years of hard work and perseverance, Jackie becomes the fastest runner in her track group.

  • AAU Jr. Olympics

    Jackie wins the AAU junior Olympics in the pentathlon.

  • AAU... again

    Jackie wins another AAU victory in the pentathlon.

  • AAU Jr Olympics (she likes it)

    Jackie wins yet another time the pentathlon in the AAU Junior Olympics.

  • AAU again

    Yet another pentathlon victory in the AAU Junior Olympics.

  • Asthma

    Jackie was diagnosed with asthma.

  • UCLA

    Jackie goes to university at UCLA (University of California Las Angeles.

  • Basketball

    Jackie joins the woman's backet ball team in UCLA.

  • Bob Kersee

    Jackie begins training with Bob Kersee, a coach in UCLA.

  • First Olympics

    Jackie earns a silver medal in the heptathlon at the Olympics.

  • Graduation

    Jackie graduates from UCLA with a bachelor's degree in history.

  • Marrige

    Jackie marries her coach, Bob Kersee, and changes her name to Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  • World Record

    Jackie become the first ever woman to gain over 7000 points in the heptathlon at the goodwill games.

  • First Gold

    Jackie Earns her first gold medal at the heptathlon and long jump in the Olympics.

  • Other Kids Deserve the same

    Jackie opens the Jackie Joyner Kersee foundation, a community center in East St. Louis, dedicated to giving other kids in East. St. Louis the same opportunities Jackie got when she was a kid.

  • Another Problem.

    Jackie strains her hamstring muscle.

  • Gold and Bronze

    Jackie wins a gold medal in the heptathlon and a bronze medal in the long jump at the Olympics

  • Best Medal

    Jackie earns a bronze medal in the long jump at the Olympics. She says it her favorite medal because her hamstring was injured but she still battled through the pain and won.

  • A Kind of Grace

    Jackie publishes a new autobiography about herself.

  • Goodwill games

    Jackie won the heptathlon another time as the goodwill games.

  • Another Award

    Jackie is inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame, an award that is givens to important people from St. Louis who contributed to the culture of the US

  • Hall of Famer

    Jackie was put into the National Track Field Hall of Fame.

  • International fame

    Jackie is put into the international hall of fame.