{"id":14601,"date":"2015-04-16T09:48:58","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T14:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.playingfieldpromotions.com\/blog\/?p=14601"},"modified":"2024-01-15T20:21:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T20:21:05","slug":"jackie-joyner-kersee-named-keynote-speaker-at-gallias-annual-emancipation-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsspeakers360.com\/blog\/jackie-joyner-kersee-named-keynote-speaker-at-gallias-annual-emancipation-event","title":{"rendered":"Jackie Joyner-Kersee Named Keynote Speaker at Gallia\u2019s Annual Emancipation Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

BIDWELL, OH \u2014 Olympic gold medalist, Jackie Joyner-Kersee<\/a>, will be the keynote speaker for Gallia County\u2019s 152nd Emancipation Celebration. The event takes place on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015 at Bob Evans Farm located at 791 Farmview Road in Bidwell, OH where Jackie is scheduled to speak from 2-3 p.m. Source: Michael Johnson, My Daily Sentinel.<\/p>\n

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Photo shows Jackie Joyner-Kersee, speakng \u00a0at the 2015 Global Athletics Conference<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jackie Joyner-Kersee ranked among the all-time greatest athletes in the women’s heptathlon as well as in the women’s long jump. She won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic medals, in those two events at four different Olympic Games. Sports Illustrated for Women magazine voted Joyner-Kersee the Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th century.
\n\u201cWe are excited, nervous, happy \u2026 you name it,\u201d said Karen Sprague, treasurer and administrative assistant for the event. \u201cWe are very humbled to have someone of her caliber coming to Gallia County to attend and serve as our keynote speaker,\u201d Sprague said.
\nWatch the following video where Jackie Joyner-Kersee is speaking with Ato Boldon about her athletic career in January 2015 at the Global Athletics Conference.<\/strong><\/p>\n