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Les records de Florence Griffith Joyner dans les 100 et 200m restent à battre. Aux Jeux à Séoul, elle prend le départ des deux relais et remporte une troisième médaille d'or dans le 4x100m ainsi qu'une médaille d'argent dans le 4x400m. En 1998, à l'âge de 38 ans, elle décède dans son sommeil, victime d'une forme de crise d'épilepsie.
27 de jun. de 2020 · Shortly after Olympic hero Florence Griffith-Joyner died unexpectedly at the age of 38, Bill Clinton commented on the 1998 tradegy. “We were dazzled by her speed, humbled by her talent and captivated by her style,” he said. Clinton could just as well have added that we were polarized by her accomplishments.
22 de sept. de 1998 · Florence Griffith Joyner, three-time gold medalist at 1988 Summer Olympics who revolutionized women's sprinting with her searing speed and flamboyant fashion sense, dies at age 38; photos (M)
Florence Griffith-Joyner (ur. 21 grudnia 1959 jako Florence Delorez Griffith, zm. 21 września 1998) – amerykańska lekkoatletka, sprinterka. Trzykrotna mistrzyni olimpijska w biegu na 100 m, 200 m i w sztafecie 4 × 100 m , dwukrotna wicemistrzyni olimpijska w biegu na 200 m (Los Angeles 1984) i w sztafecie 4 × 400 m . Aktualna ...
20 de mar. de 2024 · Florence “FloJo” Griffith Joyner is one of the most decorated Olympic female sprinters in American history, winning three gold and two silver medals across two Olympic Games. The Los Angeles native began racing at age 7, but gave up sports at age 19 to support her family. While working as a bank teller, Griffith Joyner was recruited by ...
5 de ago. de 2017 · La anécdota revela la magnitud de aquella hazaña, tan inesperada como aparentemente inexplicable. El 10.49 de Griffith-Joyner fue extraño en sí mismo: un mundo por debajo del récord previo de los 100 metros lisos femeninos, que ostentaba Evelyn Ashford con 10.76 desde 1984. Fue extraño por el momento: en los cuartos de final de un torneo ...
21 de sept. de 1998 · America’s Florence Griffith Joyner was a superb sprinter who completely dominated the women’s track season in 1988. As Florence Griffith, she had been a top female sprinter since the early 1980s, but one who had never quite been able to win the bigger races. Between the 1984 and 1988 Olympics she married Al Joyner, gold medalist in the ...
