Nadia Comaneci

About Nadia Comaneci

Nadia Elena Com?neci (born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian former gymnast, winner of three Olympic gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the first female gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event. She also won two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. She is one of the best-known gymnasts in the world.In 2000 Com?neci was named as one of the Athletes of the Century by the Laureus World Sports Academy.

Nadia Comaneci Achievements

Awards:

Comaneci received the Olympic Order, the highest award given by the International Olympic Committee, in 1984 and 2004. She is the only person to have received this honour twice, and was also the youngest recipient. She has also been inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.

BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year-1976:

The BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Yearis an award presented at the annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year award ceremony. The award is presented to a non-British sportsperson considered to have made the most substantial contribution to a sport in that year. The award is decided by a panel of over 30 sporting journalists. Each panellist votes for their top two choices; their first preference is awarded two points, and their second preference is awarded one point. The winning sportsperson has the most total points. In the case of a points tie, the sportsperson chosen as first preference by the most panellists is the winner. If this is also a tie the award is shared.

United Press International Athlete of the Year Award-1975, 1976:

The United Press International Athlete of the Year Award was conferred annually between 1974 and 1995, one each to the individuals adjudged, without restriction to nationality or sport contested, to be the male and female athlete of the year by a panel of sportswriters and editors constituted under the auspices of the United Press International.

Flo Hyman Award-1998:

The Flo Hyman Memorial Award was conferred annually between 1987 and 2004 by the Women's Sports Foundation in Washington, D.C., United States, on the organization's National Girls and Women in Sports Day to the female sportsperson, irrespective of nationality or sport contested, adjudged to have capture[d] [best]...the dignity, spirit, and commitment to excellence of American indoor volleyballer Flo Hyman, an advocate for gender equality in sport and for the passage of Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1988 who died suddenly and unexpectedly in January 1986.

Medal record:

Olympic Games:

Gold Medal-5

Sliver Medal-3

Bronze medal-1

World Gymnastics Championships:

Gold Medal-2

Sliver Medal-2

European Championships:

Gold Medal-9

Sliver Medal-2

Bronze medal-1

Summer University Games

Gold Medal-5