Florence “Flo-Jo” Griffith-Joyner

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American track and field athlete Olympic athlete human sprinter world record holder

Florence “Flo-Jo” Griffith-Joyner was an American sprinter, Olympic champion, and world-record holder widely regarded as one of the fastest women in history.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Florence Griffith-Joyner	6
Flo-Jo	1
Florence "Flo-Jo" Griffith Joyner	1
Florence Delorez Griffith-Joyner	1
Florence Griffith Joyner	1
Florence “Flo-Jo” Griffith Joyner	1
Florence “Flo-Jo” Griffith-Joyner canonical	1
She Persisted: Florence Griffith Joyner	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1795011 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Florence “Flo-Jo” Griffith-Joyner
Context triple: [Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, hasNotableBurial, Florence “Flo-Jo” Griffith-Joyner]

A. Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis is an American track and field legend renowned for his multiple Olympic gold medals and dominance in sprinting and long jump during the 1980s and 1990s.
B. Catherine Vance Freeman
Catherine Vance Freeman was the wife of U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and a prominent Navy spouse who supported his long naval career and public life.
C. Bonnie Watson Coleman
Bonnie Watson Coleman is an American Democratic politician serving in the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey and known as the first Black woman elected to Congress from the state.
D. Edwin Moses
Edwin Moses is an American track and field legend best known for his dominance in the 400-meter hurdles, including an unprecedented winning streak and multiple Olympic gold medals.
E. Asafa Powell
Asafa Powell is a Jamaican sprinter renowned for repeatedly breaking the 100-metre world record in the mid-2000s and for his consistent presence among the fastest men in history.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Florence “Flo-Jo” Griffith-Joyner
Target entity description: Florence “Flo-Jo” Griffith-Joyner was an American sprinter, Olympic champion, and world-record holder widely regarded as one of the fastest women in history.

A. Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis is an American track and field legend renowned for his multiple Olympic gold medals and dominance in sprinting and long jump during the 1980s and 1990s.
B. Catherine Vance Freeman
Catherine Vance Freeman was the wife of U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and a prominent Navy spouse who supported his long naval career and public life.
C. Bonnie Watson Coleman
Bonnie Watson Coleman is an American Democratic politician serving in the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey and known as the first Black woman elected to Congress from the state.
D. Edwin Moses
Edwin Moses is an American track and field legend best known for his dominance in the 400-meter hurdles, including an unprecedented winning streak and multiple Olympic gold medals.
E. Asafa Powell
Asafa Powell is a Jamaican sprinter renowned for repeatedly breaking the 100-metre world record in the mid-2000s and for his consistent presence among the fastest men in history.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American track and field athlete ⓘ Olympic athlete ⓘ human ⓘ sprinter ⓘ world record holder ⓘ
causeOfDeath	epileptic seizure ⓘ
competedIn	1983 World Championships in Athletics ⓘ 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ 1987 World Championships in Athletics ⓘ 1988 Summer Olympics ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1959-12-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1998-09-21 ⓘ
educatedAt	California State University, Northridge ⓘ University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ
event	100 metres ⓘ 200 metres ⓘ 4 × 100 metres relay ⓘ
fullName	Florence Delorez Griffith-Joyner ⓘ linked to: Florence “Flo-Jo” Griffith-Joyner
givenName	Florence ⓘ
height	173 cm ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam	UCLA Bruins women's track and field ⓘ
nickname	Flo-Jo ⓘ linked to: Florence “Flo-Jo” Griffith-Joyner
notableFor	being one of the fastest women in history ⓘ distinctive one-legged racing suits ⓘ long, decorated fingernails ⓘ
occupation	athletics coach ⓘ sprinter ⓘ
OlympicMedal	gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in 100 metres ⓘ gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in 200 metres ⓘ gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in 4 × 100 metres relay ⓘ silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in 200 metres ⓘ silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in 4 × 400 metres relay ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ linked to: Los Angeles, California, United States of America
placeOfDeath	Mission Viejo, California, United States ⓘ linked to: Mission Viejo, California
relative	Jackie Joyner-Kersee ⓘ linked to: Al Joyner
religion	Christianity ⓘ
residence	Aliso Viejo, California, United States ⓘ linked to: Aliso Viejo, California
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
sport	athletics ⓘ
spouse	Al Joyner ⓘ
worldRecord	women's 100 metres ⓘ women's 200 metres ⓘ
worldRecordDate	1988-07-16 ⓘ 1988-09-29 ⓘ
worldRecordPlace	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States ⓘ linked to: Indianapolis Seoul, South Korea ⓘ linked to: Seoul
worldRecordTime	10.49 seconds in women's 100 metres ⓘ 21.34 seconds in women's 200 metres ⓘ

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