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Heptathlon

A heptathlon is a track and field event that requires excellence in 7 different events. The women's events are typically outdoors and the men's events indoors.

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In which sports did Jackie Joyner-Kersee win an Olympic medal?

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Heptathlon and long jump.

Jackie won 6 Olympic medals, 3 each in heptathlon (2 gold, 1 silver) and long jump (1 gold, 2 bronze).

How many Olympics did Jackie Joyner-Kersee compete in?

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Jackie Joyner-Kersee won 6 medals in 4 Olympic Games: 1984 Silver - Heptathlon 1988 Gold - Long Jump, Heptathlon 1992 Gold - Heptathlon

Bronze - Long Jump 1996 Bronze - Long Jump

Who is the Women's world record holder for the pentathlon?

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Natalia Dobrynska of Ukraine set the world record in 2012 for the women's pentathlon. Her victory took place in Istanbul.

Why were mia hamm Marion Jones and Julie foudy's comments on Jackie Joyner-kersee relevant to her biography?

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Their comments were relevant because they are women athletes who came after Joyner-Kersee and were inspired by her example.

What events are in a modern woman's heptathlon?

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Seven events make up the women's modern heptathlon as opposed the 10 events in the men's decathlon. The events are the 100 meter hurdles, the high jump, the shot put, the 200 meter run, the long jump, the javelin, and the 800 meter run.

What six events are in a heptathlon?

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The seven events that make up the heptathlon are the 100m hurdles, high hump, shot put, 200m, long jump, javelin throw and 800m.

What is the heptathlon?

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A heptathlon is a multidisciplinary event in which competitors compete for points. The winner is the person with the most points.

There are seven disciplines; these are the 100m hurdles, high hump, shot put, 200m, long jump, javelin throw and 800m.

Who is the current British record holder in the women's heptathlon?

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6831 points by Denise Lewis in 2000.

What is the weight of the women's javelin?

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The women's shot put event has been part of the Olympics since 1948. The shot put used in women's competitions weighs 8.8 lbs.

What is the last event of the womens heptathlon?

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The last event in the women's heptathlon is the 800m run. It is two laps around the track, a paced sprint.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee was born in?

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East St. Louis, Missouri

...NO! She was born in East St. Louis, ILLINOIS...not Missouri. She was born on March 3, 1962.

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What events make up a heptathlon?

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There are 7 events in the heptathlon: 100m hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200m run, long jump, javelin and 800m run. The first four take place on the first day and the last three take place on the second day.

How many jumps in heptathlon?

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12 in the first round and 6 in the jump off

What was Jackie Joyner-Kersee's childhoood like?

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Jackie Joyner-Kersee is often regarded as the best all-around female athlete in the world. She has won three gold, one silver and one bronze Olympic medals. At 23 feet nine inches, she holds the American record for the long jump. With her score of 7,161, she was the first woman to earn more than 7,000 points in the heptathlon, and has held the heptathlon world record since 1986. A strong-willed competitor, Joyner-Kersee comes from a family of talented athletes.

What happened to the American athletes that couldn't participate in the 1980 Olympics?

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The 1980 Summer Olympic Games were hosted by Moscow, while tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States were still high owing to the Cold War. At the time, the Soviet Union was engaged in a conflict with Afghanistan, and the US boycotted the Olympics as a form of diplomatic protest.

Four years later, the Soviet Union retaliated by boycotting the 1984 Summer Olympics being hosted in Los Angeles.

What are all the track events in the Olympics?

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What is one reason why Joyner-Kersee's biographer considers her the greatest female athlete of the 20th century?

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.she was one of the best performers in track and field history and because of the pivotal role she played in helping to legitimize women's sports and influence young girls to become athletes as they grew up

What are the four olympic throwing events?

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shot

hammer

discus

Javelin

How many individual events are there in a heptathlon?

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In the heptathlon, there are two, javelin and shot put.

Ange the following events from Joyner Kersees life in chronological order?

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1) using potato-chip bags to carry sand for a makeshift long-jump pit

2) beating her older brother, Al, in a race

3) winning two gold medals in the Seoul Olympics

4) winning the bronze medal with her final Olympic long jump

5)creating the Jackie Joyner-Kersee youth foundation

What seven events does a heptathete compete in?

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The seven events that make up a heptathlon are the 100m hurdles, high jump, shot put, 800m, long jump, javelin throw and 800m.

What are facts about Jackie Joyener- kersee?

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Jackie Joyner-Kersee was born on March 3, 1962.