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Comaneci, Nadia
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Comaneci, Nadia (1961- )

Romanian gymnast. She won three gold medals at the 1976 Olympics at the age of 14, and was the first gymnast to record a perfect score of 10 in international competition. Upon retirement she became a coach of the Romanian team, but defected to Canada in 1989.

Career highlights

Olympic Games

gold beam 1976, 1980; gold vault 1976; gold floor 1976; gold parallel bars 1980



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Now coaching in the area is mostly left up to the private schools, which see increased enrollment when Olympics superstars come along, like Comaneci in the 1970s.
LOCAL GYMNAST DEDICATED TO HELPING YOUNGSTERS COACH AWAITS 2008 GAMES by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
In our consumer supplement, we have featured member PTs along with their patients--Olympic athletes Nadia Comaneci and Bart Connor, golf pros Tiger Woods and Mark O'Meara, Cincinnati Reds Ken Griffey, Jr, and Barry Larkin, Pulitzer Prize winner Art Buchwald--and this year's cover story will be former prisoner of war Jessica Lynch.
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In addition to the comfortable and modern furnishings from Crate & Barrel's new CB2 line, the space is decorated with images of great Olympians such as Nadia Comaneci scoring the first perfect ten in women's gymnastics at Madison Square Garden in 1976 and Bob Beamon who grew up in New York City, shattering the long jump record at the 1968 Games in Mexico City.
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