Field & Track
She has a brother (Al Joyner) I believe :-) he married late Florence Griffith-Joyner (a multiple Olympic medal-winning sprinter; their daughter is Mary Ruth Joyner).... He married a second time, in 2003 to Alisha Bien. They have two children, Skylar and Jayden ;-)
Florence Griffith-Joyner won the gold medal in women's 100 meter dash at the 1988 Summer Games. Her time of 10.62 seconds is still an Olympic record.
She has a brother (Al Joyner) I believe :-) he married late Florence Griffith-Joyner (a multiple Olympic medal-winning sprinter; their daughter is Mary Ruth Joyner).... He married a second time, in 2003 to Alisha Bien. They have two children, Skylar and Jayden ;-)
Florence Griffith Joyner, better known as Flo-Jo, was an American track and field athlete who was considered the fastest woman of all time. She gained widespread fame for her incredible speed, flashy style, and Olympic gold medal wins in sprinting events.
Mary Ruth Joyner's real father is Al Joyner, an American track and field athlete who won the gold medal in the triple jump at the 1984 Olympics. He was married to legendary track and field athlete Florence Griffith Joyner, who was Mary Ruth's mother.
He won the Olympic Gold Medal in the triple jump.
Heptathlon and the Long Jump.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee earned a total of six Olympic medals. She won two bronze medals, three gold medals and one silver medal.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee won Olympic medals in the heptathlon and long jump events in track and field.
In 2008, in Beijing, China: Usain Bolt won the Olympic Gold Medal in the Men's 100m Dash. Bolt completed the race in 9.69 seconds, and consequently set a new world record. Shelly-Ann Fraser won the Olympic Gold Medal in the Women's 100m Dash. Fraser completed the race in 10.78 seconds. The world record time for the Women's 100m Dash is 10.54, held by the late Florence Griffith-Joyner AKA "Flo-Jo". Flo-Jo set the record in 1988, in Seoul, South Korea, and it has yet to be broken. Both Bolt and Fraser are from Jamaica.
What Olympic sports have the most medal opportunities? What Olympic sports have the most medal opportunities?
At the 2008 Games in Beijing, the difference in the gold medal winning times was 1.09 seconds. Usain Bolt of Jamaica won the gold medal in the men's 100 meter dash in a time of 9.69 seconds and Shelly-Ann Fraser of Jamaica won gold in the women's 100 meter dash in a time of 10.78 seconds.