Nadia Comăneci
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Nadia Elena Comăneci Conner is a Romanian retired gymnast. She is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, all in individual events. In 1976, at age 14, Comăneci was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfec
Comăneci in 2026
Comăneci during the European Championships in Skien, Norway, in 1975
Monument dedicated to the Onești gymnastics school champions including Comăneci
Comăneci on the balance beam at the 1976 Olympics
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
Nadia Comăneci
…began gymnastics in kindergarten with a local team called Flacără ("The Flame"), with coaches Duncan and Munteanu. At age six, she was chosen to attend Béla Károlyi's experimental gymnastics school, after Károlyi spotted her and a friend turning cartwheels in a schoolyard. Károlyi was looking for gymnasts that he…
Károlyi in 2009
Left–right: Ungureanu, Károlyi, Comăneci
Nadia Comăneci Montreal 1976c