Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee, née Joyner, is an American former track and field athlete who competed in both the heptathlon and long jump. She won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic medals at four different Olympic Games. Joyner-Kersee was also a four-time gold medalist at the world championships. Since 1988, she has held the world record for heptathlon. Jackie Joyner-Kersee (United States) set the women's long jump world record of 7.45 m in Indianapolis, United States on August 13, 1987. It stood 10 months, until Galina Chistyakova's 7.45 m on June 11, 1988 (equalling it). Wiki link