{{Atletiekbox
|afbeelding = 
|onderschrift = 
|naam = Jackie Joyner-Kersee
|bijnaam =
|geboortedatum = East St. Louis
|geboorteplaats = 3 maart 1962
|overlijdensdatum = 
|overlijdensplaats =
|lengte = 1,78 m
|gewicht = 70 kg
|schoenmaat =
|discipline = meerkamp
|trainer = Bob Kersee,
|1etitel = Pan-Amerikaanse junioren kampioene verspringen 1980
|OS = 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996
|extra = Wereld- en Olympisch recordhoudster zevenkamp; Olympisch recordhoudster verspringen; wereldrecordhoudster verspringen 1987-1988
}}
'''Jackie Joyner-Kersee''' (Amerikaanse atlete, die gespecialiseerd was op de zevenkamp, 1984), 1988), Barcelona (1992) en 1996).

Ze werd in IAAF atlete van het jaar.

Op 24 september 1998 verbrak ze op de Spelen van Seoel in 1988 met 7291 punten het wereldrecord zevenkamp en ze was hiermee ook de eerste vrouw die meer dan 7000 punten haalde op dit onderdeel. 

==Titels==
* Olympisch kampioene zevenkamp - 1988, 1992
* Olympisch kampioene verspringen - 1988
* Wereldkampioene verspringen - 1987, 1991
* Wereldkampioene zevenkamp - 1987, 1993
* Amerikaans kampioene 60 m horden (indoor) - 1992
* Amerikaans kampioene 100 m horden - 1994
* Amerikaans kampioene verspringen (indoor) - 1992, 1994, 1995
* Amerikaans kampioene verspringen (outdoor) - 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
* Amerikaans kampioene zevenkamp - 1982, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995
* NCAA kampioene zevenkamp - 1982, 1983, 2004, 2006
* Pan-Amerikaanse junioren kampioene verspringen - 1980
* IAAF atlete van het jaar - 1994
* James E. Sullivan Award - 1986

==Persoonlijke records==
'''Outdoor'''
{| class="prettytable"
! Onderdeel
! Prestatie
! Datum
! Plaats
|-
|200 m
|22,30
|15 juli 1988
|Indianapolis
|-
|800 m
|2.14,49
|17 augustus 1993
|Stuttgart
|-
|100 m horden
|12,61
|28 mei 1988
|San José
|-
|400 m horden
|56,70
|22 mei 1993
|New York City
|-
|hoogspringen
|1,91 m
|26 augustus 1991
|Tokio
|-
|verspringen
|7,49 m
|31 juli 1994
|Sestriere
|-
|verspringen
|7,49 m
|22 mei 1994
|New York City
|-
|kogelstoten
|15,30 m
|26 augustus 1991
|Tokio
|-
|zevenkamp
|7291 p
|24 september 1988
|Seoel
|}

'''Indoor'''
{| class="prettytable"
! Onderdeel
! Prestatie
! Datum
! Plaats
|-
|50 m horden
|6,67 s
|10 februari 1995
|Reno
|}

'''Jackie Joyner-Kersee''' (born American athlete, ranked amongst the all-time greatest in Olympic medals. 

==Early life==
Jackie Joyner was born March 3, 1962 in Jackie Kennedy. She was inspired to compete in multi-discipline events after seeing a 1975 television movie about "Babe" Didrikson. She attended Lincoln High School.

===UCLA===
Joyner-Kersee attended college at UCLA, where she starred in both track and basketball from 1980-1985. In basketball, she played forward and scored more than 1,000 points during her career. She was honored on February 21 of 1998 as one of the 15 greatest players in UCLA women's basketball. <ref name="UCLAMEDIA">UCLA Women's Basketball 2006-2007 Media guide - Copy available at UCLABRUINS.COM</ref>

In April 2001, Joyner-Kersee was voted the "Top Woman Collegiate Athlete of the Past 25 Years." The vote was conducted among the 976 NCAA member schools.<ref>[http://uclabruins.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/042501aaa.html Jackie Joyner-Kersee Is Named The 'Top Woman Collegiate Athlete Of The Past 25 Years] April 25, 2001. UCLA Bruins official Athletic site</ref>

==Competition==
====1984 Summer Olympics====
Joyner-Kersee competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and earned a silver medal in the heptathlon.

====1986 Goodwill Games====
Joyner-Kersee was the first woman to score over 7,000 points in a heptathlon event (during the 1986 Goodwill Games). In 1986, she received the James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur heptathlete in the United States. 

====1988 Summer Olympics====
In the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea, Joyner-Kersee earned gold medals in both the heptathlon and the long jump. At the 1988 Games in Seoul, she set the still-standing heptathlon world record of 7,291 points. The silver and bronze medalists were Sabine John and Anke Vater-Behmer, both of whom were representing East Germany. Five days later, she won her second gold, leaping an Olympic record 24-3.5 in the long jump.

====1992 Summer Olympics====
In the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, Joyner-Kersee earned her third Olympic gold medal in the heptathlon. She also won the bronze medal in the long jump which was won by friend Heike Drechsler of Germany.

====1996 Summer Olympics====
At the Olympic Trials, Joyner-Kersee sustained an injury to her right hamstring. When the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia began, Joyner-Kersee was not fully recovered by the time the heptathlon started. After running the first event, the 100m hurdles, the pain was unbearable and she withdrew. She was able to recover well enough to compete in the long jump and qualify for the final, but was in sixth place in the final with one jump remaining. Her final jump, of 22' 11 3/4", was long enough for her to take the bronze medal. The Atlanta Olympics would be the next to last Olympics of Joyner-Kersee's career.

====Professional Basketball Career====
In 1996 she signed on to play pro basketball for the American Basketball League. Although she was very popular with the fans, she was less successful on the court. She appeared in only 17 games, and scored no more than four points in any game.

====1998 Goodwill Games====
Returning to track, Joyner-Kersee won the heptathlon again at the 1998 Goodwill Games, scoring 6,502 points.

====2000 Olympic Trials====
Joyner-Kersee made her final bow in track & field competition in 2000. She was sixth in the long jump (21-10.75) at the Olympic Trials, closing one of the greatest careers in U.S. track & field history.

==Current world records==
As of April 2008, Joyner-Kersee holds the world record in heptathlon along with six all time best results and her as of June 2006 in top 60 all time in those events.

''Sports Illustrated'' voted her the greatest female athlete of the 20th century.