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- Florence Griffith Joyner
- dazzled the world of track
- and field in 1988, winning
- three gold medals and
- setting two world records.
-
- "FloJo," as she is known, grew up in Los
- Angeles, California, and began racing when
- she was 7 years old. In 1979, she had to
- drop out of college to help support her family.
- Bob Kersee, then a sprint coach at the
- University of California at Los Angeles
- (UCLA), met FloJo when she was working
- as a bank teller. He helped her get a scholar-
- ship to UCLA.
-
- In 1984, FloJo won a silver medal in the
- 200-meter dash at the Olympics. She
- also won a silver medal in the 200
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