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Béla Károlyi

1942 - 2024

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Béla Károlyi (Hungarian: [ˈbeːlɒ ˈkaːroji]; September 13, 1942 – November 15, 2024) was a Romanian and American gymnastics coach of Hungarian origin. Early in his coaching career he developed the Romanian centralized training system for gymnastics. One of his earliest protégés was Nadia Comăneci, the first Olympic Games gymnast to be awarded a perfect score. Living under the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu, Károlyi frequently clashed with Romanian officials. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Béla Károlyi is the 13,979th most popular politician (up from 15,544th in 2019), the 321st most popular biography from Romania (up from 432nd in 2019) and the 116th most popular Romanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Béla Károlyi ranks 13,979 out of 19,576. Before him are Antonio Aguilar y Correa, Marquis of Vega de Armijo, Miguel Trovoada, Nitish Kumar, Roberto María Ortiz, Carl Theodor Zahle, and Bagrat Shinkuba. After him are Viktor Nogin, Tirigan, Dragan Tsankov, Raila Odinga, René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson, and Jørgen Løvland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Béla Károlyi ranks 401. Before him are Lupe Ontiveros, Svetlana Gannushkina, Charmian Carr, Rosa von Praunheim, Eric Shinseki, and Casimir Oyé-Mba. After him are Jerry Sloan, Jean Ping, Susan Anspach, John Thaw, Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, and Joe Lieberman. Among people deceased in 2024, Béla Károlyi ranks 315. Before him are Michel Jazy, Kishin Shinoyama, Guram Kostava, Lynn Conway, Allen J. Bard, and Anatoliy Konkov. After him are James C. Scott, Choe Thae-bok, Jean Petit, Otis Davis, Tony Lo Bianco, and Joe Lieberman.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Béla Károlyi ranks 321 out of 844. Before him are Gheorghe Berceanu (1949), Aurel Popovici (1863), Lőrinc Schlauch (1824), Ioan Slavici (1848), Corneliu Baba (1906), and Gheorghe Albu (1909). After him are Margit Kaffka (1880), Silviu Bindea (1912), Maricica Puică (1950), Dimitrie Brătianu (1818), Cristian Mungiu (1968), and Rodion Cămătaru (1958).

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Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Béla Károlyi ranks 116. Before him are Ion Gigurtu (1886), Barbu Catargiu (1807), Viorica Dăncilă (1963), Gheorghe Bibescu (1804), Mugur Isărescu (1949), and Aurel Popovici (1863). After him are Dimitrie Brătianu (1818), Mircea Geoană (1958), Gheorghe Argeșanu (1883), Barbu Știrbey (1872), Constantin Coandă (1857), and Constantin Argetoianu (1871).

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