Joyner-Kersee, now 50, won six medals, including three golds, in the heptathlon and long jump, over four Olympics, from 1982 through 1996.
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One of the most famous female athletes in the country, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, credits Title IX, a 1972 law barring discrimination in school sports, for creating equal opportunities for girls.