Gail Devers
Chronology
| 1966 | Born November 19 in Seattle, Washington |
| 1984 | Enrolls at University of California, Los Angeles, on a track scholarship, and begins training with Bob Kersee; Devers is the first female athlete from her high school to earn an athletic scholarship from a major university |
| 1988 | Graduates from University of California, Los Angeles with a degree in Sociology |
| 1988 | Marries Ron Roberts, the captain of the UCLA men's track team |
| 1988 | While training for the 1988 Summer Olympics, Devers's health begins to deteriorate |
| 1988 | Competes at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing eighth in her qualifying heat for the 100-meter dash |
| 1988 | Becomes violently ill |
| 1990 | Diagnosed with Graves' disease; she opts to undergo radiation treatment as opposed to taking a medication that is on the banned medications list for the Olympics |
| 1991 | Two days before her feet are set to be amputated, doctors realize that Devers's radiation treatments are the cause of her dangerously swollen feet |
| 1991 | Begins her track and field comeback by walking around a track with socks on her feet, since her feet are still too tender to wear shoes |
| 1991 | Gets divorced from Ron Roberts |
| 1992 | Less than seventeen months after doctors almost amputate her feet, she wins the gold medal in the 100-meter dash in the 1992 Summer Olympics; she also leads the race for the 100-meter hurdles event, but trips over the last hurdle, falling to a fifth-place finish |
| 1994 | Misses most competitions this year, due to a hamstring injury and back problems that result from a car accident |
| 1996 | Wins gold medal in the 100-meter dash in the 1996 Summer Olympics |
| 1996 | Marries American Olympic gold medalist and triple jumper, Kenny Harrison |
| 2000 | Forced to drop out of the 100-meter hurdle race at the 2000 Summer Olympics, due to Achilles tendon and hamstring injuries |
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