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Nadia Comăneci: Artistic gymnastics: Women's All-Around Individual: July 21 Gold: Nadia Comăneci: Artistic gymnastics: Women's Uneven Bars: July 22 Gold: Nadia Comăneci: Artistic gymnastics: Women's Balance Beam: July 22 Gold: Vasile Dîba: Canoeing: Men's K-1 500 metres: July 30 Silver: Simion Cuţov: Boxing: Men's Lightweight: July 31 ...
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 ]
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 ...
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 ...
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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.