Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Born on 3 March 1962, Jacqueline "Jackie" Joyner-Kersee is one of the greatest women athletes in the Heptathlon and Long jump events who has given prolific performances in track and field during her active career.

Here are some of her career achievements:

• A famous American magazine "Sports Illustrated for Women" voted her as 'Greatest Female Athlete of All-Time'
• Won Olympic medals six times in the years 1984, 1988, 1992, and 1996 among which 3 are gold
• She still holds her World Record of 7,291 points in Heptathlon which was set in Olympic Games of the year 1988 in Seoul, Korea
• After athletics, she demarcated her career as an energetic public speaker, a philanthropist, a diligent advocate for education, health issue, racialism & women's rights