Kerri Strug

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kerri Strug
Occupation	Gymnast
Date Of Birth	Nov 19, 1977(1977-11-19)
Age	47
Birthplace	Tucson
Country	United States
Birth City	Arizona
Horoscope	Scorpio

Kerri Strug Biography

Kerri Strug is one of the most popular and richest Gymnast who was born on November 19, 1977 in Tucson, Arizona, United States. American gymnast who won the 1996 Olympic team gold in gymnastics, despite having a sprained ankle. She also won a bronze in 1992.

She trained with Shannon Miller.

Strug began training in gymnastics at the age of three. She began competing in gymnastics at the age of eight. Her sister Lisa was already competing in gymnastics at the time that Strug was born. Strug was trained by American coach Jim Gault until January 1991, when she moved to Houston, Texas to train with coach Béla Károlyi. At that time, she also joined the United States National Team. In 1992, as the youngest member of the entire U.S. team at age 14, she won a team bronze medal at the Barcelona Olympics. Throughout the Team Compulsories and Optionals, she and Kim Zmeskal competed for the final US available spot to compete in the all-around. She was eventually edged out by Zmeskal, with Shannon Miller and Betty Okino as the other two American gymnasts to qualify for the all-around.

After the 1992 Games Strug chose to move to Edmond, Oklahoma to train under the coaching of Steve Nunno at the Dynamo Gymnastics Club, where she trained with Shannon Miller. There, she struggled with severe weight loss and a serious injury to her stomach.

In 2010, she married Robert Fischer. Her son, Tyler William, was born on March 1, 2012. She had a daughter named Alayna Madaleine in 2014.

Kerri Strug Net Worth

Kerri Strug is one of the richest Gymnast from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kerri Strug 's net worth $4 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was trained by Bela Karolyi after being influenced by her older sister.

She was a member of the Magnificent Seven women’s gymnastics team.

Kerri Allyson Strug Fischer (born November 19, 1977) 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 1996 Summer Olympics, 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.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Kerri Strug height 4 ft 8 in Kerri weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Kerri Strug Dating?

According to our records, Kerri Strug married to Robert Fischer. As of December 1, 2023, Kerri Strug’s is not dating anyone.

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Strug participated in the 1996 Olympics as a member of the U.S. women’s team, often referred to as the Magnificent Seven. After compulsories, Strug was ranked 9th overall and had placed high enough to qualify herself for the all- around. She posted the second-highest score on floor exercise—but qualified first in floor exercise event finals after the team final and ahead of eventual FX Gold Medalist Lilia Podkopayeva—and fourth-highest on vault, which would qualify her for event finals in her two strongest events. In the team competition, an event dominated by the Soviets for decades and never won by the United States, the U.S. competed with the Russian, Romanian, and Ukrainian teams. The Russians came into the team competition with a very narrow lead. The event came down to the final rotation on the final day of the team competition, July 23, 1996.

Facts & Trivia

Kerri Ranked on the list of most popular Gymnast. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Kerri Strug celebrates birthday on November 19 of every year.

After graduation, Strug worked as an elementary school teacher at Tom Matsumoto Elementary School in San Jose, CA before moving to Washington, D.C. in 2003.

What did Kerri Strug do to her ankle?

Unfortunately, Strug landed awkwardly and fell to the mat on her first vault. Even more unfortunate, she heard her ankle pop. As it turns out, she had torn two ligaments in her ankle. But one more vault was needed for that team gold medal, and Bela Karolyi looked to Strug to make it happen, despite the injury.

Did Kerri Strug recover?

The injury turned out to be a badly pulled back muscle, which required extensive rehabilitation. She recovered in time for the 1994 World Championships. In 1995, Strug graduated from Green Fields Country Day School in Tucson, Arizona.

Why are gymnasts so short?

Because the more demanding gymnastics routines have become, the bigger an advantage it is to be small. A smaller gymnast not only has a better power- to-weight ratio. She also has a lower moment of inertia. You can think of moment of inertia as essentially a measure of a body’s resistance to rotating.

What did Kerri Strug say about Simone Biles?

“Sending love to you @Simone_Biles,” Strug, 43, wrote, along with a goat emoji and a heart, representing the fact that Biles is known as the GOAT, or the greatest of all time. The gold medalist also praised the entire women’s team, who won a silver medal, behind the Russian Olympic Committee on Tuesday.

Who was the gymnast that broke both her legs?

Written by Manuela Cardiga I September 13, 2020. In 2019, gymnast Samantha Cerio made an awkward landing, injuring both knees and breaking her legs, after which she had to undergo surgery and a lengthy recovery.