Nadia Elena COMANECI

Romania (ROM)

Date of birth

 12 September 1961

Hometown

Norman (USA, from 1989)

Place of birth

 Onesti

Profession

Editor, holder of gymnastic club

Height

 160

cm

Children

 

Weight

 50

kg

Start gymnastics

 1968

Gender

 Female

Club

 

Nickname

 

Head coach

Mr & Mrs Béla KÁROLYI

Spouse name

Bart CONNER (from 27 April 1996)

Favourite apparatus

 

 

World class in

 1976

First competition

1971

Last competition

1981

 

Nadia was born on November 12, 1961 in Onesti.  Coaches Bela and Marta Karolyi coached her to Olympic gold and world fame.  Comaneci is the only woman to win the European AA title three times.  She is also the first gymnast to score a score of 10.00 in an Olympics, and is the youngest Olympic AA champion.  Her last competition was the 1981 University Games, where she won 5 gold medals.  After retiring, she coached the Romanian junior national team for a while.  Since she was not allowed to leave the country, Comaneci defected in 1989.  She came to the US and eventually hooked up with Bart Conner (she and Conner were the winners of the very first American Cup competition in 1976).  They married in an elaborate wedding in Bucharest in 1996.  Today, Nadia and Bart own a gymnastics club in Norman, OK, and are editors of International Gymnast magazine.

Medal Total

Olympics:  5 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze
Worlds:  2 Gold, 2 Silver
World Cup:  2 Gold, 1 Silver
Europeans:  9 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze  
 

Year

Competition

Team

AA

Vault

Uneven Bars

Beam

Floor

1971

Champs of the Rep, Cat.III
Cup of the ROM Gymn. Fed. (Cat.IV) 
Jr. ROM-YUG Dual Meet 

1
-
1

4
1
1

-
1
-

-
1
-

-
1
-

-
1
-

1972

Champs of the Rep., Cat. III
Chams of the Republic for Jr.
Cup of the ROM Gymn. Fed. (Cat. II) 
Druzhba 
Jr. BUL-ROM Dual Meet 
Jr. ROM-RSFSR Dual Meet 
Jr. ROM-HUN Dual Meet 

1
1
1
4
1
-
 -

2
1
-
-
2
1
1

-
-
-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
1
1
-
-

-
-
-
1
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
1
-
-

1973

Druzhba
Intr. Champs of Romania 
Jr. ITA-ROM Dual Meet 
ROM Sr. Team Champs
ROM Schools Champs (Senior) 

3
-
1
1
-

1
1
1
1
3

1
1
-
-
-

1
1
-
-
-

-
1
-
-
-

3
1
-
-
-

1974

Druzhba
Jr. ROM-POL-Denver (USA) Tri-Meet 

1
1

-
1

-
-

-
-

-
-

-
-

1975

10. European Championships
Champions All 
ROM Championships 
Pre-Olympics 

-
-
1
-

1
1
1
-

1
-
1
2

1
-
1
1

1
-
1
3

2
-
2
2

1976

21. Olympic Games
American Cup 
Balkan Championships 
CAN-ROM Dual Meet 
Chunichi Cup 
FRG-ROM Dual Meet 
GBR-ROM Dual Meet
HOL-ROM Dual Meet
Romanian Nationals
USA-ROM Dual Meet 

2
-
-
1
-
1
1
1
-
1

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

1977

11. European Championships
Balkan Championships 
FRA-ROM Dual Meet
Intern. Champs of Romania
Orleans International
USA-ROM Dual Meet 

-
1
1
-
-
1

1
1
1
1
1
1

2
-
-
-
-
-

1
-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-

1978

19. World Championships
ITA-ROM Dual Meet 

2
1

4
1

2
-

5
-

1
-

8
-

1979

12. European Championships
20. World Championships
Balkan Champs 
Champions All 
Intern. Champs of Romania
World Cup 

-
1
1
-
-
-

1
-
1
1
1
4

1
-
1
-
-
1

4
-
1
-
-
-

3
-
-
-
-
2

1
-
2
-
-
1

1980

22. Olympic Games
Intern. Champs of Romania 
ITA-ROM Dual Meet 
22. Olympic Games 

2
-
1
2

2
-
1
2

5
-
-
5

-
1
-
-

1
-
-
1

1
-
-
1

1981

University Games

1

1

1

1

-

1

 

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