American track and field athlete Florence Griffith Joyner, better known as Flo-Jo, is remembered both for her athletic abilities and for her signature style of sporting long and brightly colored nails, long hair, and one-legged running suits. While she had to quit the sport briefly at 19 and began working as a bank teller, she was offered a place at the UCLA team, after sprint coach Bob Kersee spotted her at the bank. She eventually won 3 gold medals and a silver at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Though she was often accused of taking performance-enhancing drugs, drug tests proved otherwise. Her world records for the 100m and 200m events remain unbroken. In early 1989, she retired from athletics. However, she later focused on other activities, such as fashion designing, acting, and entrepreneurship. She died due to an epileptic seizure in her sleep at age 38.
