Kerri Strug
Olympic athlete
1977 –
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Who is Kerri Strug?
Kerri Allyson Strug is a retired American gymnast from Tucson, Arizona. She was a member of the Magnificent Seven, the victorious all-around women's gymnastics team that represented the United States at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, and is best remembered for performing the vault despite having injured her ankle and for subsequently being carried to the podium by her coach, Béla Károlyi.
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- Born
- Nov 19, 1977
Tucson - Also known as
- Kerri Allyson Strug
- Spouses
- Robert Fischer
(2010/04/25 - )
- Robert Fischer
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Russian
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Stanford University
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Lived in
- Arizona
- Tucson
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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