Béla Károlyi
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Béla Károlyi was a Romanian and American gymnastics coach of Hungarian descent. Early in his coaching career he developed the Romanian centralized training system for gymnastics. One of his earliest p
Károlyi in 2009
Left–right: Ungureanu, Károlyi, Comăneci
Nadia Comăneci Montreal 1976c
Márta Károlyi
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Márta Károlyi is a Romanian-American gymnastics coach and the former national team coordinator for USA Gymnastics. She and her late husband, Béla, are ethnic Hungarians from Transylvania, Romania, who
Béla Károlyi
…clashed with Romanian officials. He and his wife defected to the United States in 1981. After their arrival in the United States, Béla and his wife Márta Károlyi were credited with transforming the coaching of gymnastics in the U.S. and bringing major international success. They were coaches for the United States…
Simone Biles receiving medal from Károlyi in 2012