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Video clips: Nadia Comăneci makes history at the Montreal 1976 Olympics – The Olympic Channel, 2010; Nadia Comăneci – First Olympics Perfect 10 (Uneven Bars) – Montreal 1976 Olympics – The Olympic Channel, 2015; Nadia Comăneci – Selections from all of her routines – Montreal 1976 Olympics (overview) – The Olympic Channel, 2012
Video clips: The Adorable Way This Olympic Couple First Met | Where Are They Now | Oprah Winfrey Network - Oprah Winfrey Network (U.S. TV channel) , 2016 Nadia Comaneci & Bart Conner Commentate on Their Perfect Olympic Routines | Take the Mic – The Olympic Channel , 2016
Bela Karolyi coached Nadia Comaneci to the first Olympics perfect 10 and Mary Lou Retton to all-around gold. ... This article was updated to include video and new information.
Nadia Comăneci Romania: Nellie Kim Soviet Union: Ludmila Tourischeva Soviet Union: Team all-around details Soviet Union (URS) Maria Filatova Svetlana Grozdova Nellie Kim Olga Korbut Elvira Saadi Ludmila Tourischeva Romania (ROM) Nadia Comăneci Mariana Constantin Georgeta Gabor Anca Grigoraș Gabriela Trușcă Teodora Ungureanu East Germany (GDR)
Bela Karolyi, the legendary and controversial Romanian American gymnastics coach who helped lead Mary Lou Retton, Nadia Comaneci and Kerri Strug to Olympic gold, has died, USA Gymnastics announced ...
Spike Lee, Michael Phelps and former ace gymnast Nadia Comaneci were also in the crowd to witness the return to the top of the U.S. women after Serena Williams, Nicole Kidman and other A-list ...
Comăneci eventually became a world champion gymnast. In 1976, at the age of 14, she became the first woman to ever score a perfect 10 at the Olympics; she ended the competition with seven 10s, three gold medals, one silver, and one bronze and became an instant celebrity in Romania and around the world. However, the pressure was too much for ...
Early in his coaching career he developed the Romanian centralized training system for gymnastics. One of his earliest protégés was Nadia Comăneci, the first Olympic Games gymnast to be awarded a perfect score. Living under the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu, Károlyi frequently clashed with Romanian officials. He and his wife defected ...