Retired track and field Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee ranks as one of the greatest athletes in history. She's won three gold medals, two silver, and two bronze Olympic medals in the heptathlon and women's long jump events. The now defunct Sports Illustrated for Women voted Joyner-Kersee as the greatest Olympic athlete of the 20th century, just ahead of Babe Didrikson Zaharias. As of May 2012, she holds the world record for heptathlon, while her long jump record of 7.49 meters is second on the long jump all-time list.
