Nadia Comaneci

Nadia Comaneci
Nadia Elena Comăneci; born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian former gymnast, winner of three gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastics 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 and is credited with popularizing the sport around the world. In 2000, Comăneci was named as...
NationalityRomanian
ProfessionGymnast
Date of Birth12 November 1961
CityOnesti, Romania
CountryRomania
Nadia Comaneci quotes about
I like to tell young people to work hard for your goals and live in the moment.
Everything I do today is because of what I did when I was 14.
It's a new chapter in our lives. I'm happy. It kind of makes my life and Bart's life and our family's lives complete.
I have had a few turning points, the first day I entered a gymnastics school at age 6.
My parents were very loving, but disciplinarians.
Of course, most people remember that I received the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics competition.
If I work on a certain move constantly, then finally, it doesn't seem risky to me. The idea is that the move stays dangerous and it looks dangerous to my foes, but it is not to me. Hard work has made it easy.
It was good to be a kid because I did not realise all the things that came with the success. Going to the Games, I was asked what I expected to do.
When you fall, leap to your feet and try again.
The only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.
I worked hard in gymnastics since the time I was six years old until I retired at 23 years of age.
We are not coaching on a daily basis because we often travel with our charity and commercial interests.
One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989.
Of course, I grew up in Communist Romania, but I am happy to say that now our country is democratic, and prospering, since the revolution in 1989.