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Nadia Comăneci

1961 - Today

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Nadia Elena Comăneci Conner (née Comăneci; born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian retired gymnast. She is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, all in individual events. In 1976, at the age of 14, Comăneci was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10.0 at the Olympic Games. At the same Games (1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal), she received six more perfect 10s for events en route to winning three gold medals. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nadia Comăneci is the most popular gymnast, the 29th most popular biography from Romania and the most popular Romanian Gymnast.

Nadia Comăneci is most famous for being the youngest person to ever win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics, at age 14.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Nadia Comăneci ranks 1 out of 370. After her are Ágnes Keleti, Larisa Latynina, Olga Korbut, Věra Čáslavská, Carl Schuhmann, Akinori Nakayama, Sawao Kato, Hermann Weingärtner, Alfred Flatow, Louis Zutter, and Leon Štukelj.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Nadia Comăneci ranks 7. Before her are Diana, Princess of Wales, Ilham Aliyev, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Michael J. Fox, and Lothar Matthäus. After her are Stephen Hillenburg, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Bidhya Devi Bhandari, George Clooney, Hibatullah Akhundzada, Eddie Murphy, and António Costa.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Nadia Comăneci ranks 27 out of 844. Before her are Ion Iliescu (1930), Carol II of Romania (1893), György Ligeti (1923), and János Bolyai (1802). After her are Stephen III of Moldavia (1433), Mircea Lucescu (1945), Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (1901), Bela Lugosi (1882), Klaus Iohannis (1959), Álmos (820), Elie Wiesel (1928), and Michael the Brave (1558).

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Among GYMNASTS In Romania

Among gymnasts born in Romania, Nadia Comăneci ranks 1. After her are Daniela Silivaș (1972), Ecaterina Szabo (1967), Cristina Elena Grigoraș (1966), Lavinia Miloșovici (1976), Mariana Constantin (1960), Simona Păucă (1969), Cătălina Ponor (1987), Claudia Presăcan (1979), Mihaela Stănuleț (1967), Simona Amânar (1979), and Lavinia Agache (1968).

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