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Griffith also ran the 200 meters, narrowly finishing fourth, a foot out of a qualifying position. īrown, Bolden, and Griffith qualified for the 100-meter final at the trials for the 1980 Summer Olympics (with Brown winning and Griffith finishing last in the final). Kersee found financial aid for her and she returned to college in 1980, this time at University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) where Kersee was working as a coach. However, Griffith had to drop out to support her family, taking a job as a bank teller. This team, which included Brown and Jeanette Bolden, won the national championship during Griffith's first year of college. Griffith attended the California State University at Northridge, and was on the track team coached by Bob Kersee. By the time she graduated from Jordan High School in 1978, she had set high-school records in sprinting and long jump. As a high school senior in 1978, she finished sixth at the CIF California State Meet behind future teammates Alice Brown and Pam Marshall. Showing an early interest in fashion, Griffith persuaded the members of the track team to wear tights with their uniforms. Griffith ran track at Jordan High School in Los Angeles. She won the Jesse Owens National Youth Games two years in a row, at the ages of 14 and 15.

When Griffith was in elementary school, she joined the Sugar Ray Robinson Organization, running in track meets on weekends.

The family lived in Littlerock, California, before Florence Griffith moved with her children to the Jordan Downs public housing complex located in the Watts section of Los Angeles. Griffith was born in Los Angeles, California, the seventh of eleven children born to Robert, an electrician, and Florence Griffith, a seamstress.

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She is buried at the El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest. She died in her sleep as the result of an epileptic seizure in 1998 at the age of 38. She remained a pop culture figure through endorsement deals, acting, and designing. In February 1989, Griffith Joyner abruptly retired from athletics. She went on to win three gold medals at the 1988 Olympics. Olympic trials, Griffith set a new world record in the 100 meter sprint. She made her Olympic debut four years later, winning a silver medal in the 200 meter distance at the 1984 Olympics held in Los Angeles. While still in college, she qualified for the 100 m 1980 Olympics, although she did not actually compete due to the U.S. While attending California State University, Northridge (CSUN) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), she continued to compete in track and field. She was athletic from a young age and began running at track meets as a child.

Griffith Joyner was born and raised in California. During the late 1980s she became a popular figure due to both her record-setting athleticism and eclectic personal style. She set world records in 1988 for the 100 m and 200 m. Florence Delorez Griffith Joyner (born Florence Delorez Griffith Decem– September 21, 1998), also known as Flo-Jo, was an American track and field athlete.