Landing on My Feet: A Diary of Dreams
- ISBN-10
- 0836237080
- ISBN-13
- 9780836237085
- Category
- Gymnasts
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Andrews McMeel Publishing
- Authors
- Kerri Strug, John P. Lopez
Description
Examines the determination and drive throughout her life which led Strug to secure the gold medal for the U.S. women's gymnastics team at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta despite performing her final vault with a badly injured ankle.
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