Delmar Loop in University City in St. Louis County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Born March 3, 1962
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 7, 2018
1. Jackie Joyner-Kersee Marker
Inscription.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee. Born March 3, 1962. The greatest female athelete of the 20th century, Jackie Joyner-Kersee grew up in East St. Louis and was a two-sport all-American at Lincoln High. She won six Olympic medals, including two golds and a silver in the grueling heptathlon. Battling asthma and injury throughout her career, she won her last long jump medal in 1996 with a heroic final leap. She moved back to the metro area and in 2000 opened her most prized accomplishment -- a youth center bearing her name -- in East St. Louis. An inspiration to women around the world, Jackie Joyner-Kersee's incomparable excellence and dedication elevated the stature of women's sport.
The greatest female athelete of the 20th century, Jackie Joyner-Kersee grew up in East St. Louis and was a two-sport all-American at Lincoln High. She won six Olympic medals, including two golds and a silver in the grueling heptathlon. Battling asthma and injury throughout her career, she won her last long jump medal in 1996 with a heroic final leap. She moved back to the metro area and in 2000 opened her most prized accomplishment -- a youth center bearing her name -- in East St. Louis. An inspiration to women around the world, Jackie Joyner-Kersee's incomparable excellence and dedication elevated the stature of women's sport.
Location. 38° 39.383′ N, 90° 18.489′ W. Marker is in University City, Missouri, in St. Louis County. It is in Delmar Loop. It is on Delmar Boulevard east of Kingsland Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6683 Delmar Boulevard, Saint Louis MO 63130, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater St. Louis. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on March 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 10, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 396 times since then and 25 times this year. Photo1. submitted on October 10, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
