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Competing in both track and field and basketball for the Bruins I

Competing in both track and field and basketball for the Bruins I have a lot of great memories to choose from. But my all-time favorite moment in collegiate sports has to be in 1982 when we won UCLAs first NCAA title in track. – Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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The London games mark the 24th anniversary of my winning two golds and setting the world record in the heptathlon. Someone is going to want it records are made to be broken – its only a matter of time. I hope mine will outlive me. – Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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The 2012 London Olympic Games fostered a generation of hope. I witnessed women participating for the very first time, representing every nation. – Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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Growing up in the time of Title IX – it was passed when I was 10 – I got a front-row seat to so many great moments in womens sports. Of course I didnt know it at the time. – Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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