Events in Sport
Sports History
1986-07-07 American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets world heptathlon record of 7,148 points in the inaugural Goodwill Games at Moscow
- 1986-08-02 American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee beats her own world heptathlon record by 13 points (7,161) in Houston
- 1988-07-16 Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets women's heptathlete record of 7,215 pts
- 1988-09-24 American heptathlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets new world record 7,291 points to win the gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; East Germans Sabine John & Anke Behmer take the minor medals
- 1988-09-29 American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee wins her second gold medal of the Seoul Olympics by taking the long jump with an Olympic record leap of 7.40m; previously won the heptathlon
- 1992-08-02 American Jacki Joyner-Kersee becomes first athlete to win consecutive gold medals in the gruelling heptathlon with a 199 point win over Irina Belova (Soviet Union) at the Barcelona Olympics
Birthdays in Sport
- 1960-12-04 Glynis Nunn, Australian athlete (Olympic gold heptathlon 1984), born in Toowoomba, Australia
Jackie Joyner-Kersee (62 years old)
1962-03-03 American athlete (Olympic gold heptathlon 1988, 92; long jump 1988; World C'ship gold x 4), born in East St. Louis, Illinois
- 1965-03-18 Birgit Clarius, German heptathlete
- 1968-03-27 Irina Belova, Russian heptathlete who set indoor WR 4991 points & Olympic silver USSR 1992, born in Angarsk, Russia
- 1972-04-07 Shana Williams, Bridgeton NJ, long jumper/heptathlete
- 1972-04-27 Alison McKnight, 100m hurdler and heptathlete, born in Bakersfield, California
- 1972-08-27 Denise Lewis, English heptathlete
- 1973-09-10 Ghada Shouaa, Syrian athlete (Syria's 1st Olympic gold heptathlon 1996; World C'ship gold 1995), born in Mhardeh, Syria
- 1975-08-03 Aryiro Strataki, Greek heptathlete, born in Heraklion, Greece
- 1976-11-13 Kelly Sotherton, English heptathlete
- 1978-01-20 Sonja Kesselschläger, German heptathlete, born in Finsterwalde, Germany
- 1982-05-29 Nataliya Dobrynska, Ukrainian heptathlete (Olympic gold 2008), born in Yakushyntsi, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine
- 1983-02-02 Carolina Klüft, Swedish athlete (Olympic gold heptathlon 2004; World C'ship gold 2003, 05, 07), born in Sandhult, Sweden
- 1986-01-28 Jessica Ennis, English athlete (Olympic gold heptathlon 2012; World C'ship gold 2009, 11, 15), born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
- 1994-08-19 Nafissatou Thiam, Belgian athlete (Gold medal heptathlon 2016 & 2020), born in Brussels, Belgium