Nadia Comăneci – The “Perfect 10” Olympic Gold Medalist

Published on May 31, 2018
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An Early Win

Béla Károlyi sent Nadia to her first major competition, the Romanian National Junior Championship where she came in at 13th place. Even though it was a disappointing rank in her mind, she pushed on with the help of Béla and competed again in 1970 and successfully took first place.

An Early Win

An Early Win

Hard Work And Little Rest

Her first success would prove to be the first mark of a series of excellent achievements. But it didn’t come without hard work. Nadia was training for 8 hours a day and 6 days a week when she was only 13 years old.

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Hard Work And Little Rest

Hard Work And Little Rest