Kerri Strug
Chronology
| 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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