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A plaque honoring Griffith Joyner at Florence Joyner Olympiad Park in Mission Viejo, California. USA Track & Field inducted her into its Hall of Fame in 1995. [62] In 2000, the 102nd Street School in Los Angeles was renamed Florence Griffith Joyner Elementary School. Griffith Joyner had attended the school as a child. [6]
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"Florence Griffith Joyner. You know, the world-renowned, still record-holding sprinter? When Flojo stepped on that track, homegirl had her big hair, literally mere inches from falling onto the track.
Jordan is one of a few high schools to have three, unrelated, Olympic gold medalists come from the same high school in Hayes Edward Sanders, Florence Griffith-Joyner and Kevin Young. Sanders, in 1952, became the first African American to win the Olympic Heavyweight Boxing Championship while Griffith-Joyner still holds the current World Record ...
Florence Griffith Joyner set the 100 mark of 10.49 at the U.S. Olympic Trials and the 200 mark of 21.34 […] Sprinters catching up to Flo-Jo’s hallowed 100, 200 world records that have stood ...
This school year’s updated student dress code removed several examples of prohibited apparel and added wording that clothing must cover from upper chest to mid-thigh. But some families say ...
At the 1988 Olympic Trials, her 21.77 American record already showed Florence Griffith-Joyner was going to be a contender against the East Germans who had dominated the sprints for the previous decade. Marita Koch had retired but her equal Heike Drechsler was here. In the quarter-final round, Griffith-Joyner improved to 21.76, but then she had ...
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