Two of America�s most storied Track and Field champions are joining one of America�s most storied breakfast cereals. Carl Lewis and Jackie Joyner-Kersee will each be featured on their own box of Wheaties, "The Breakfast of Champions," beginning later this month. Lewis won nine gold medals, competing in 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996. He has a record eight world championship titles and 10 total medals:
"This is up there with any honor that I�ve ever had, I feel like I�m being honored for the longevity of my career and my stature in my sport in the Olympic movement."
Joyner-Kersee is the 1987 and 1991 world champion in the Long Jump and Heptatholon World Champion for 1987 and 1993. She won Heptathlon gold medals in 1988 and 1992, and the Long Jump gold medal in 1988. She�s also won a silver medal in the Heptatholon in 1984 and bronze medals in the Long Jump in both 1992 and 1996:
"Being on a box of Wheaties, The Breakfast of Champions, is symbolizes being the best. It was a dream to be on the Wheaties box."
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