Jackie Joyner-Kersee
"I watched the Olympics on television and realized these girls were trying to do the same things I was trying to do. And I started to think, Maybe I can go to the Olympics. That was a big moment for me, because when I was growing up in the 1970s, women in sports weren't a celebrated thing, but I happened to think there was a kind of grace in the women I saw. I realized there was nothing unfeminine about being a powerful athlete — just the opposite. There was something really beautiful and empowering. I saw myself in these girls on television, and that's when I really started focusing."A BRIEF NOTE ON HER:
Jacqueline "Jackie" Joyner-Kersee (born March 3, 1962) is a retired American athlete, ranked among the all-time greatest athletes in the women's heptathlon as well as in the women's long jump. She won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic medals, in those two events at four different Olympic Games. Sports Illustrated for Women magazine voted Joyner-Kersee the Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th century.
After retiring as a competitive athlete, Joyner-Kersee has been involved with many philanthropic efforts and has joined the Board of Directors for USA Track & Field (USATF), the national governing body of the sport.
Jackie was one of the most famous athletes to overcome severe asthma.
Yes, I have read about her and i have seen her autobiography book which was superb the book name is "A WOMEN'S PLACE IS EVERYWHERE" and"A KIND OF PLACE" even though she's 52 ,she's awesome ,hats off to her
ReplyDeleteshe is excellent. she has won so many medals and achieved so much. she is determined and focussed
ReplyDeleteshe is an inspiration to lot of girls n that is good in a way because girls will get motivated and do something nice about their future n become succesful in life !
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