Jackie Joyner-Kersee a retired American track and field athlete. She won a total of six Olympic medals in heptathlon and long jump events throughout her career.

TOKYO (AP) — Anna Hall became America’s second winner of the world heptathlon title — joining Jackie Joyner-Kersee — by wrapping up a wire-to-wire endurance test and cruising into the finish line ...

Margaret Abbott, the first American woman to win an Olympic event, died at age 76 without knowing of her pioneering feat. The 1900 Games in Paris were the first that allowed women to compete, but also ...

TOKYO – Anna Hall is the first to admit that the injuries, the excruciating losses and the hours of practice when she felt like she was going nowhere pushed her to lose her love for track and field.