Nadia Comaneci Net Worth

Nadia Comaneci's Quotes

• Do not pray for an easy life, pray to be a strong person.
• I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.
• One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989.

Interesting Facts about Nadia Comaneci

1. She was the first person in Olympic history to score a perfect 10. She received the first perfect 10 for her performance on the uneven bars, where the computerized scoreboard could not register her perfect 10 and was only able to show 1.00 point.
2. She remains today the most well-known gymnast in gymnastic history.
3. Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year 1976.
4. Her parents divorced in 1978.
5. 1976 Olympics medals: Team silver, all-around gold, bars & beam gold & floor bronze.
6. Won the inaugural American Cup in 1976.
7. The first gymnast to win 3 consecutive all-around European titles.
8. Has 1 younger brother, Adrian (born in 1967).
9. Scored 7 perfect 10s at the 1976 Olympics Games.
10. 1980 Olympic medals: Team, all-around silver, beam & floor gold.
11. Her parents are Gheorghe and Stefania-Alexandrina Comãneci.
12. Retired in 1984 at the age of 22.
13. She graduated from the Physical Education and Sports in Bucharest, in 1984.
14. She was named after Nadezhda (meaning "hope"), a heroine of a Russian film.
15. Scored 2 perfect 10s on the balance beam and uneven bars at the 1980 Olympics.
16. Was trained by the legendary Romanian coach Bela Karolyi & his wife Marta, who also coached Mary Lou Retton, Julianne McNamara, Phoebe Mills, Kim Zmeskal, Betty Okino, & Dominique Moceanu.
17. Fled to Hungary, then to the American Embassy in Vienna in November 1989.
18. 1975 European Championships: All-around, bars, vault & beam gold, floor silver.
19. Associated Press Athlete of the Year 1975.
20. Scored 2 perfect 10s on floor & vault at the 1976 American Cup.