Nadia Comaneci was an olympic gymnast in the 1970’s. She was the first women to score a perfect ten in the Olympics in 1976 when she was only 14! She was born in Onesti, Romania on November 12, 1961. She grew up in Romania in an apartment with her parents. She loved to pretend she was a gymnast with her friend, and that is where Bela Karolyi, her soon-to-be gymnastics coach. At the time, she was only six years old. Bela found her and invited her to try out at his gym. Nadia and her parents agreed, so they went to try out. All she had to do was do a long jump, a 15 meter sprint, and walk on the balance beam. Nadia did it perfectly and started practicing with Karolyi 6 days a week, 4 hours a day.
After only a year of training with Bela
After only a year of training with Bela