Kerri Allyson Strug was born on November 19,1977 and is a retired American gymnast from Tucson, Arizona.
31 Facts About Kerri Strug
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Kerri Strug was a member of the Magnificent Seven, the victorious all-around women's gymnastics team that represented the United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
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Kerri Strug began training in gymnastics at the age of three.
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Kerri Strug began competing in gymnastics at the age of eight.
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Kerri Strug was trained by American coach Jim Gault until January 1991, when she moved to Houston, Texas, to train with coach Bela Karolyi.
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Kerri Strug was eventually edged out by Zmeskal, with Shannon Miller and Betty Okino as the other two American gymnasts to qualify for the all-around.
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At the 1993 Nationals, Kerri Strug placed 3rd in the all-around, 2nd on the uneven bars, and 3rd on floor exercise.
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Kerri Strug lost control and flew off the high bar backwards, landing in a twisted position on her side beneath the low bar.
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Kerri Strug was carried out of the gym on a stretcher and was taken to Desert Regional Hospital.
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Kerri Strug recovered in time for the 1994 World Championships.
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In 1995, Kerri Strug graduated from Green Fields Country Day School in Tucson, Arizona.
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Kerri Strug left home, in July 1995, to train at Aerials Gymnastics in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with Tom and Lori Forster.
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Later that year, at the 1995 Nationals, Kerri Strug placed 5th in the all-around and came in 3rd on the uneven bars.
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Kerri Strug trained with the Forsters from July 1995 until December 1995.
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Kerri Strug then moved back to Houston to train with Karolyi again in preparation for the 1996 Olympics.
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Kerri Strug beat the competition at the 1996 American Cup in the all-around by almost a half point, a huge margin with the scoring system at that time.
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Kerri Strug placed 1st on floor exercises and balance beam and 2nd on vault and uneven bars in the event finals.
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At the 1996 US Nationals, Kerri Strug placed 5th in the all-around and came in 2nd on both vault and floor.
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Kerri Strug participated in the 1996 Olympics as a member of the US women's team, often referred to as the Magnificent Seven.
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Kerri Strug under-rotated her first attempt, causing her to fall and injure her ankle.
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Russian gymnast Elena Dolgopolova finished her floor routine about 10 seconds after Kerri Strug sat her first vault, with 1994 floor world champion Dina Kochetkova and reigning Russian national floor champion Roza Galieva still to perform their routines.
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Kerri Strug landed the vault briefly on both feet, almost instantly hopping onto only her good foot, saluting the judges.
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Kerri Strug became a national sports hero for her final vault, visiting President Bill Clinton, appearing at various television talk shows, making the cover of Sports Illustrated and appearing on a Wheaties cereal box with other team members.
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Shortly after her feat, Kerri Strug participated in the Ice Capades and Disney's World On Ice, then announced her retirement and enrolled in UCLA where she was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta women's fraternity.
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Kerri Strug later transferred to Stanford University where she earned a master's degree in social psychology.
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Kerri Strug took part in a Semester at Sea in the fall of 2000.
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Kerri Strug worked as a staff assistant with the White House Office of Presidential Student Correspondence, moved to a job at the General Counsel in the Treasury Department, and in March 2005, joined the Justice Department's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention staff as a presidential appointee.
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Kerri Strug has competed in marathons in Houston, New York, Boston and Chicago.
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Kerri Strug was born in Tucson, Arizona, the daughter of Melanie Barron and Dr Burt Kerri Strug, a cardiovascular surgeon.
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Kerri Strug married attorney Robert Fischer at the Skyline Country Club in Tucson, Arizona, on April 25,2010.
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In March 2012, Kerri Strug gave birth to the couple's son.