Have you heard the name Kerri Strug? Many of you may have, but if you haven't you most likely (definitely) have heard about her amazing vault in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.

Kerri Strug was 18 years-old in her second Olympics when she became a household name, and graced the cover of every magazine.

Last up on vault, this was the last rotation and the USA was set to clinch gold with two perfect vaults from Strug. On her first vault, everyone saw her injure her ankle on the landing, but for the USA to win gold, she had to vault again.

And in an Olympic moment that has been iconic for gymnast and all American's for 20 years, Kerri stuck her landing on the second vault before collapsing in pain.

But who was Kerri Strug before this single run, and how did she play a part in making history for the United States?

Kerri was just one athlete on the team of the Magnificent 7 back in 1996, but her first olympic games was in 1992, where she was the youngest on the team at the young age of 14, and the team came in a disappointing3rd place bronze finish.

The following summer games, will forever be remembered as the first games where the women's USA Gymnastics won their first ever gold medal -- and Kerri landed that amazing vault.

The seven members of the team were Shannon Miller, Dominique Moceanu, Dominique Dawes, Kerri Strug, Amy Chow, Amanda Borden, and Jaycie Phelps.

The team was on fire, performing as well as they could have. If you watch old video, you can see they were landing all their dismounts, performing tough and unique tricks perfectly (the Chow named after Amy is still a move that gymnasts perform today), they ended the 2nd day of the all around team competition just behind the Russian team.

When it came down to the last event, the vault, it appeared the stars stopped shining on team USA. The first four vaults were scored just alright, then the 5th, Dominique Moceanu, fell on both of her vaults leaving the gold medal up to Strug, and she really delivered.

These women came into the games as Olympic athletes, a huge feet in itself, but they left Olympic heroes and truly change the trajectory of USA Gymnastics into the amazing program that we have today.