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Nadia Elena Comăneci was born on November 12, 1961, in Onești, a small town in the Carpathian Mountains, in Bacău County, Romania, in the historical region of Western Moldavia. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] She was born to Gheorghe (1936–2012) and Ștefania Comăneci, and has a younger brother. [ 13 ]
Romania at the 1976 Summer Olympics; IOC code: ROU (ROM used at these Games) NOC: Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee: Website: www.cosr.ro (in Romanian, English, and French) in Montreal; Competitors: 157 (103 men and 54 women) in 11 sports: Flag bearer : Nicolae Martinescu (wrestling) Medals Ranked 9th: Gold 4 Silver 9 Bronze 14 Total 27 ...
Bela Karolyi coached Nadia Comaneci to the first Olympics perfect 10 and Mary Lou Retton to all-around gold. ... Karolyi shook up the sport in 1976, when he arrived at the Montreal Olympics with a ...
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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, 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.
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Nadia Comăneci Romania: Olga Korbut Soviet Union: Teodora Ungureanu Romania: Floor exercise details: Nellie Kim Soviet Union: Ludmila Tourischeva Soviet Union: Nadia Comăneci Romania: Uneven bars details: Nadia Comăneci Romania: Teodora Ungureanu Romania: Márta Egervári Hungary: Vault details: Nellie Kim Soviet Union: Ludmila Tourischeva ...