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Nadia Elena Comăneci Conner [a] (née Comăneci; born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian retired gymnast. She is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, all in individual events. She is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, all in individual events.
Height: 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) Weight: 58 kg (128 lb) ... Nadia Comaneci and Bart Conner, 11 Olympic Medals in this Olympic Family – The Olympic Channel, 2016
Romania won team competition bronze medals at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics. They found major success in women's gymnastics starting in 1976. At that year's Olympics, Nadia Comăneci made history, leading Romania to the team silver medal, winning the individual all-around gold medal, and becoming the first woman to score a perfect 10. She ...
Bela Karolyi coached Nadia Comaneci to the first Olympics perfect 10 and Mary Lou Retton to all-around gold.
Nadia Comaneci became first gymnast to score a perfect 10 at the Olympics, a feat she duplicated six more times. She won three gold medals in 1976 Opinion: Nadia Comaneci has 'perfect' way to ...
Nadia Comăneci, who competed at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics, won nine total Olympic medals, the most of any Romanian female gymnast. [3] She won five medals in 1976, including golds in individual all-around, balance beam, and uneven bars. She also became the first woman to ever score a perfect 10 at the Olympics. In 1980, she won four more ...
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 ...
Ironically, the Romanian withdrawal happened right after Nadia Comăneci's performance, for which she received a perfect 10. If she had not left the building, she ...