Nadia Comăneci

Businessperson, Olympic athlete

1961 –

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Who is Nadia Comăneci?

Nadia Elena Comăneci is a Romanian gymnast, winner of three Olympic gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the first female gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event. She also won two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. She is one of the best-known gymnasts in the world. In 2000 Comăneci was named as one of the athletes of the century by the Laureus World Sports Academy.

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Born
Nov 12, 1961
Onești
Also known as
  • Nadia Elena Comãneci
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Ethnicity
  • Romanians
Nationality
  • United States of America
  • Romania
Profession
Lived in
  • Norman
  • Bacău County

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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