The silence was broken only by the sounds of clicking- hundreds of cameras capturing the moment.
Nadia Comaneci
Montreal 1976, Games of the XXI Olympiad. Women’s artistic gymnastics: Nadia COMANECI of Romania performs her routine in the floor event. Credit: Getty Images
Nadia Comaneci
Born: 12 November 1961
Birthplace: Onesti (Romania)
Nationality: Romania
Sport: Gymnastics
Nadia Comaneci ATTENDANCE AT THEOLYMPICGAMES
Montreal 1976
Moscow 1980
Nadia Comaneci Olympic medals:
Gold: 5
Silver: 3
Bronze: 1
Nadia Comaneci World Championships
Gold: 2 (78, 79)
Silver: 2 (78)
Nadia Comaneci The Perfect 10
Romania’s Nadia Comaneci was the star of the Montreal Olympics in 1976 when she became the first gymnast in Olympic history to be awarded the perfect score of 10.0. ABC Television set her performance to music, using a theme from a popular American soap opera, and the song was eventually renamed “Nadia’s Theme”. Comaneci first achieved her perfect 10 on the uneven parallel bars in 1976 and the judges awarded her the maximum mark seven times during the Games. Comaneci first came to prominence at the 1975 European Championships, at which she won four gold medals. In the 1976 and 1980 Games she won a total of nine Olympic medals. Following the 1980 Games, natural physical development began to inhibit her performance and after a victory at the 1981 World Student Games she retired.
Strangely, Comaneci won only one individual World Championship title- on the balance beam in 1978. In 1989, she defected from Romania and settled in North America. She has since married American Olympic gymnastic medallist Bart Conner. Together they perform in gymnastics exhibitions and give clinics.
Nadia Comaneci
The 14-year-old Romanian, arched in midair for an instant on her dismount from the uneven parallel bars, then the feet supporting her 4-foot-11, 86-pound body landed softly on the mat. The silence was shattered by an explosion of cheering and applause that, after a few seconds, turned to consternation. Flashing on the electronic scoreboard was 1.00. It took a moment for the 18,000 spectators at the Forum to realize that Comaneci had, in effect, outperformed modern technology
1st Olympic 10 & 1984
Nadia Comaneci
Start discipline: 1972
First int. event: 1975
Club: CSS Deva
Head coach: Bela Karoly
Choreographer :Marta Karoly (ROM
Best apparatus/cat. Beam
Nadia parents are Gheorge and Stefania-Alexandria (divorced). Nadia has a younger brother, Adrian, (married, 1 child) ; Nadia Comaneci retired in 1984.
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NADIACOMANECI
Date of birth: Nov 12, 1961
Marital status: married with Bart Connor, US 1984 Olympic champion
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