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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.
USA Gymnastics said Karolyi died on Friday but did not give a cause of death. Karolyi, who was born in Cluj-Napoca in Romania, coached 14-year-old Comaneci to gold at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.
Comaneci paid tribute to Karolyi with a post on her Instagram, showing a carousel of photos that included a black-and-white photo of her with the coach on a walk in the woods. The caption read: "A ...
With her display of artistry and grace Korbut, along with Nadia Comăneci, brought unprecedented popularity to the sport in the early to mid-1970s, [4] [29] attributes which are now seen as a lost art in gymnastics with athleticism taking precedence.
Bela Karolyi, the gymnastics coach who trained Olympic superstars and helped to bring the USA to promimence in the sport, died Friday, November 15, at the age of 82, according to USA Gymnastics.
Nadia Comăneci, in her 2004 memoir Letters to a Young Gymnast, remarked that she literally trusted Károlyi with her life. She also stated that in Romania, the gymnasts at Károlyi's school consumed well-balanced diets and, in fact, ate better than most other civilians in the country at the time. [ 5 ]
Nadia Comaneci did not expect perfection. AP Sports Writer Tim Reynolds interviewed Nadia Comaneci about her “perfect” performance at the Montreal Olympics and her life since. In 1976 ...
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