How tall is Jackie Joyner-Kersee?

Jackie Joyner-Kersee's listed height is 178 cm (5'10"). She is taller than about 98% of women in the United States.

Where 178 cm sits among women in the United States

Taller than about 98% of women in the United States born in 1962 (average 163.9 cm).

About Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Jackie Joyner-Kersee, whose full name is Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee, is an American former track and field athlete who competed in both the heptathlon and long jump. She was born on 3 March 1962 in East St. Louis, Illinois, and was named after Jacqueline Kennedy. She found her love for running at the age of 9 when she joined a community track program.

In high school she played basketball and volleyball and ran track and field. At East St. Louis Lincoln Senior High School she qualified for the long jump final at the 1980 Olympic Trials, finishing eighth. She was inspired to compete in multi-event track and field after seeing a movie about Babe Didrikson Zaharias. She won three gold, one silver and two bronze Olympic medals at four different Olympic Games, and she was a four-time world champion, twice each in the heptathlon and long jump. She has held the world record for the heptathlon since 1988.

Joyner-Kersee has a listed height of 178 cm (5'10"). Her Olympic medals were won across four different Games.

Frequently asked

How tall is Jackie Joyner-Kersee in feet and inches? Jackie Joyner-Kersee is 5'10" tall, which is 178 cm, 70.1 inches or 1.78 m.

Is Jackie Joyner-Kersee tall for women in the United States? At 178 cm she is taller than about 98% of women in the United States born in 1962, whose average height is 163.9 cm.

Sources

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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