| 1977 |
Born November 19 in Tucson, Arizona |
| 1982 |
Begins gymnastics |
| 1984 |
Noticed by a coach at Karolyi's summer camp, who encourages Strug's parents to have Kerri train full-time with Karolyi |
| 1989 |
Begins training with Bela Karolyi |
| 1989 |
Member of Junior Pacific Alliance Team |
| 1990 |
Member of Junior Pan Am Games Team |
| 1991 |
Member of World Gymnastics Championship Team |
| 1992 |
Member of United States Olympic Team |
| 1992 |
Karolyi announces retirement; Strug changes coaches repeatedly for next several years |
| 1993 |
Member of Hilton Challenge Team |
| 1994 |
Member of Team World Championship Team |
| 1995 |
Graduates from high school a year ahead of schedule—with a perfect 4.0 GPA—and earns a scholarship to University of California, Los Angeles, but defers enrollment for a year so that she can train for the 1996 Olympics |
| 1995 |
Resumes training with Karolyi, who had come out of retirement in 1994 |
| 1995 |
Member of World Champion Team |
| 1996 |
Member of United States Olympic Team |
| 1996 |
Performs historic vault on an injured ankle in final round of the women's gymnastics team competition to help United States women's gymnastics team win first ever gold medal |
| 1996 |
Featured on the Wheaties cereal box with her Olympic teammates |
| 1996 |
Appears on an episode of "Saturday Night Live," in which she makes fun of her infamous high-pitched voice |
| 1997 |
Works as an intern on the sports staff of KNBC-TV in Los Angeles |
| 1998 |
Works as an intern for Entertainment Tonight |
| 1999 |
Competes in her first marathon |
| 2001 |
Graduates from Stanford with a Communications degree |
| 2001 |
Works as an intern for Republican Senator John McCain |
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