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What year did Florence Griffith Joyner die?

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Asked by: Brittney Sabo

What was Florence Griffith Joyner childhood like?

Joyner and her siblings were raised primarily by their mother in the impoverished Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. She began competitive sprinting at the early age of seven, and practiced by chasing jack rabbits in the California desert while visiting her father.