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{i} Florence Griffith Joyner (1959-1998), American female track and field athlete who held several world records for races of various lengths (died suddenly at the age of 39); family name
Griffith Joyner Delorez Florence Joyner Kersee Jackie Jacqueline Joyner

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Delorez Florence Griffith Joyner
orig. Delorez Florence Griffith born Dec. 21, 1959, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S. died Sept. 21, 1998, Mission Viejo, Calif. U.S. sprinter. At the 1984 Olympics she won a silver medal in the 200-m race and became a celebrity with her long, decorated fingernails and eye-catching racing suits. At the 1988 Olympic trials, she set a world record in the 100-m sprint (10.49 sec); at the games themselves, "FloJo" captured three gold medals (in the 100 m, 200 m, and 4 100-m relay) and one silver (4 400-m relay). Her world-record time in the 200 m (21.34 sec) and her earlier 100-m record still stood at the time of her death, which was attributed to a brain seizure
Florence Griffith Joyner
(1959-1998) American female track and field athlete who held several world records for races of various lengths (died suddenly at the age of 39)
Florence Griffith Joyner
orig. Delorez Florence Griffith born Dec. 21, 1959, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S. died Sept. 21, 1998, Mission Viejo, Calif. U.S. sprinter. At the 1984 Olympics she won a silver medal in the 200-m race and became a celebrity with her long, decorated fingernails and eye-catching racing suits. At the 1988 Olympic trials, she set a world record in the 100-m sprint (10.49 sec); at the games themselves, "FloJo" captured three gold medals (in the 100 m, 200 m, and 4 100-m relay) and one silver (4 400-m relay). Her world-record time in the 200 m (21.34 sec) and her earlier 100-m record still stood at the time of her death, which was attributed to a brain seizure
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
orig. Jacqueline Joyner born March 3, 1962, East St. Louis, Ill., U.S. U.S. athlete. She won four consecutive National Junior Heptathlon championships and starred in basketball and track and field at UCLA. In 1986 she became the first heptathlon competitor ever to score 7,000 points. She broke that barrier six times, four times establishing a new world record. She won heptathlon gold medals at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics, becoming the first heptathlete ever to achieve consecutive Olympic wins. Her best events were the long jump (world record, 1987; Olympic gold medal, 1988), 100-m hurdles, 200-m run, and high jump. Many consider her to be the finest female athlete in history