Kerri Strug in 1996
Kerri Strug.
Kerri Strug is famous for having won a gold medal despite having injured her ankle. This occurred at the 1996 Olympics.
Kerri Strug, 1996 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIImbyIBm-s
kerri strugs coach was Bela Karoyli
Her name was Kerri Strug. If you mean the US Gymnast in the 1996 Olympic Games who hurt her leg on the vault.
One, in team competition at the 1996 Games in Atlanta.
Kerri Strug, Shannon Miller, Dominique Dawes, Jaycie Phelps, Amanda Borden, Amy Chow, and Dominique Moceanu.
There were 7 competitors at the 1996 games. This is the only time I can think of when the US had more than 6. They were: Amanda Borden, Amy Chow, Dominique Dawes, Shannon Miller, Dominique Moceanu, Jaycie Phelps, and Kerri Strug.
Kerry Strug won an Olympic gold in 1996 in team competition and an Olympic bronze in 1992 in team competition. She also won a bronze in team competition at the 1995 World Championships.
I believe you're thinking of Kerri Strug at the 1996 Olympics. She did her first vault and her ankle started to hurt. She did her second vault and landed on one foot because her ankle was severely injured. She helped the U.S.A team earn the gold medal.
9.712 Strug's 9.712 came on her second vault in the team all-around competition after having severely injured her ankle on the first vault. After the competition, medical tests revealed a sprain and two torn ligaments.