Gold 1988 Seoul 100 m Gold 1988 Seoul 200 m Gold 1988 Seoul 4x100 m relay Silver 1984 Los Angeles 200 m Silver 1988 Seoul 4x400 m relay World Championships Gold 1987 Rome 4x100 m relay Silver 1987 Rome 200 m Florence Griffith-Joyner (born Florence Delorez Griffith), also known as Flo-Jo (December 21, 1959 – September 21, 1998) was an American track and field athlete. She is considered the "fastest woman of all time" based on the fact that she still holds the world record for both the 100 metres and 200 metres, both set in 1988 and never seriously challenged. She died of epilepsy in 1998 at the age of 38..