Nadia Comăneci, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Nadia Comăneci

Romanian gymnast

Date of Birth: 12-Nov-1961

Place of Birth: Onești, Bacău County, Romania

Profession: artistic gymnast

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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Nadia Elena Comaneci (UK: , US: ; Romanian: ['nadi.a kom?'net??] (listen); born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian-American retired gymnast and a five-time Olympic gold medalist, all in individual events.
In 1976 at the age of 14, Comaneci 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.
At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Comaneci won two more gold medals and attained two more perfect 10s.
During her career, Comaneci won nine Olympic medals and four World Artistic Gymnastics Championship medals. Comaneci is one of the world's best-known gymnasts and is credited with popularizing the sport around the globe.
In 2000, she was named as one of the Athletes of the 20th Century by the Laureus World Sports Academy.
She has lived in the United States since 1989, when she defected from Romania before its revolution.
She later worked with and married American Olympic gold medal gymnast Bart Conner, who set up his own school.
In 2012 she became a naturalized United States citizen, and has dual citizenship, also maintaining her citizenship in Romania.