Alfrederick "Al" Joyner was born on January 19,1960 and is an American track and field coach and former athlete.
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Alfrederick "Al" Joyner was born on January 19,1960 and is an American track and field coach and former athlete.
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Al Joyner is the 1984 Olympic gold medalist in the triple jump.
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Al Joyner was the coach and husband of the late four-time Olympic medalist Florence Griffith Joyner and is the brother of six-time Olympic medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
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Al Joyner competed with their track and field team throughout his college career and, by the time he graduated, Joyner was a three-time NCAA All-American indoor champion, a three-time NCAA All-American and outdoor champion, a four-time Southland Conference champ and had placed 8th in the triple jump at the World Championships in Helsinki, Finland.
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In 1984 Al Joyner traveled to Los Angeles for the Summer Games to compete with the US Olympic track and field team.
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Al Joyner was honored with the Jim Thorpe Award, which is given every four years to the best American competitor in an Olympic Field Event.
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On October 10,1987, Al Joyner married track athlete Florence Griffith, later known as Flo–Jo.
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Griffith-Al Joyner died from an epileptic seizure at the age of 38 in 1998.
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Al Joyner began directing the Flo Jo Community Empowerment Foundation, an organization dedicated to making dreams come true for the youth around the world.
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