Nadia Elena Comaneci (originally Comăneci) (born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian-born gymnast, winner of five Olympic gold medals, & the number 1 to exist as awarded a hone score of Tenner around an Olympic acrobatic event. She is considered by a few to exist as one of a greatest jock in the 20th century & one of the world's greatest gymnasts ever.

Comaneci was natural within Onesti, Romania, the girl of Gheorghe & Stefania-Alexandrina; she was known as when "Nadezhda" ("Hope"), the heroine of a Russian film.

She 1st competed nationally inside Romania inside 1970, as a member of her hometown team. She was presently coached by Bela Karolyi and his wife Marta, world health organization would late defect to the United States and become coaches of several smashing Western gymnasts. As a 13-season-old, Comaneci's 1st major profits was at a 1975 European Championships in Skien, Norway, winning three gold medallion & of these silver. At a Pre-Olympics competition All-round Montréal around 1975 Nadia won a Completely-Around title. That equivalent season a Associated Press named her their "Athlete of the Year."

At age Fourteen, Comaneci became a star of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Québec. Non just did she get the foremost gymnast at the Olympics to receive a hone score of 10 (which she repeated Sixer additional days), she besides won 3 gold laurel wreath (single a lot-completely-round, beam & uneven blocks), a silver (team all-all-round) & a bronze (floor exercise). Back at home, her profits led her to become known as the "Hero of Socialist Labor," a immature Romanian to receive that recognition. Nadia experienced earned Xix hone scores prior to Montreal.

Comaneci with success defended her European a lot-all-round title around 1977, however a Romanian team polemically walked away from a competition when you took event finals to protest a marking. An corpulence & away from shape Comaneci showed higher at a 1978 Globe Championships. a fall from either uneven blocks resulted around the Fourth place finish, however she won the beam title.

Within 1979, a recently lose weight Comaneci won her third sequentially European overall title (becoming the number 1 gymnast, male or even female, to clean sol). At the World Championships that December, Comaneci led a field when a required competition however was hospitalized before the optional part of the team competition for septicemia due to a cut within her radiocarpal joint from either her metallic grip buckle. Against doctors' orders, she left the hospital & competed in beam in which she scored a Ennead.95. Her performance helped give a Romanians its 1st team gold ribbon.

She participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics, placing second in the 100%-about to Yelena Davydova. Inside her book "Letters To A Young Gymnast", Nadia explains her kill by writing "That Day Yelena just performed better". Comaneci retained her Olympic title in a balance beam, attached for the gold ribbon in the floor exercise, & the Romanian team finish 2nd.

Comaneci retired from either competition shortly when these Games. Her endure major competition was at The World University Games witharound Bucharest in 1981 in which she won Five gold ribbon. All a same ton this text were allegations of biwhen on a a share of the judges as the Romanians themselves provided half the judges here. Between 1984 and 1989 she was a member of the Romanian Gymnastics Federation and helped coach the Romanian junior gymnasts. Around November of 1989, she defected to the United States. Comaneci spent virtually all of her instance touring & promoting lines of gymanstic exercise clothes, Jockey underclothes, aerobic devices, & potentially modelled wedding dresses. Inside 1994, she was engaged to The states gymnast Bart Conner & returned to Romania first since her defection. Comaneci & Conner were married inside Romania within April of 1996.

Around 1999, Comaneci became a foremost jock to exist as invited to speak at a United Nations to launch the Season 2000 International Month of Volunteers. She is presently occupy by using gymanstic exercise & charity operate as much as the world. She & her hubby have a Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy, Right X Production Company & many sports devices shops, & come editors of International Gymnast magazine.

In June 29, 2001, she became a naturalized citizen of the United States.

Comaneci is Vice-Chair of the Board Of Directors of International Special Olympics, Honorary President of Romanian Gymnastics Federation, Honorary President of Romanian Olympics Committee, Ambassador Of Sports Of Romania, Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Muscular Dystrophy Association and a Member of International Gymnastics Federation Foundation. She has received ii Olympic Order awards from a IOC. Additionally, Comaneci has began the charity clinic within Bucharest to help orphanage children around Romania.

Around December 2003, her first book, Letters To The Young Gymnast, was published. A book answers questions that she has received within letters from either fans.

Trivia
During her performance where she was awarded a hone score of X, her attendant music was the theme song to the American soap opera The Young and the Restless. Afterwords, a melody was renamed "Nadia's Theme" after her.