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Summary Jackie Joyner-Kersee was included in USA Track and Field board of directors.
Three-time Olympic champion Jackie Joyner-Kersee was among three new members of the USA Track and Field board of directors announced on Monday by the national sport governing body.Sports attorney Eve Wright, a vice president of the NBAs Miami Heat, and Fox News Channel vice president Mickey Carter were named to spots on the panel as well.Were bringing aboard three individuals who have achieved the highest levels of professional accomplishment in sport and in corporate America, said USA Track and Field chairman and president Stephanie Hightower.Joyner-Kersee, 49, won heptathlon gold at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics after taking silver at the 1984 Games and still holds the world record in the heptathlon.She also won Olympic long jump gold in 1988 and bronze in 1992 and 1996. She was a two-time world champion in heptathlon and long jump as well.
