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Arizona: Kerri Strug
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Arizona: Kerri Strug

A member of five world-championship teams, Strug was the youngest member, at 14, of the 1992 U.S. bronze-medal-winning Olympic gymnastics team. Her defining moment came at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics when she clinched the gold medal for the U.S. by landing her final vault attempt on a sprained left ankle.

Worthy of consideration: Michele Mitchell and Yuliana Perez.

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