Nadia Comaneci Montreal Olympics

Nadia comaneci romanian gymnast who was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an olympic event.

Nadia comaneci montreal olympics. She went on to record the perfect 10 0 six more times and became the youngest all around olympic gold medallist ever. On july 18 1976 comăneci made history at the montreal olympics. In 1976 in montreal romanian athlete nadia comaneci became the first gymnast in olympic history to be awarded the perfect score of 10 0 for her performance on the uneven bars. Her performance at the 1976 olympics redefined both.

First perfect ten nadia comaneci. The associated press was there during the 1976 montreal olympics where a 14 year old romanian gymnast named nadia comaneci became the first athlete in her sport to record a perfect score of 10 at. 1976 montreal olympics the associated press was there during the 1976 montreal olympics where a 14 year old romanian gymnast named nadia comaneci became the first athlete in her sport to record a perfect score of 10 at an olympics. Artistic gymnastics comaneci nadia floor exercises gymnastics gymnastics artistic montreal 1976 romania uneven bars women.

At the 1976 olympics in montreal she received seven perfect scores and won gold medals in the balance beam the uneven parallel bars and the all around competition. In 1989 just weeks before the revolution that toppled nicolae ceausescu she slipped across the border to hungary and defected to the u s. And in 1996 she and fellow olympic legend bart conner returned to her homeland for their wedding. She went on to record the perfect 10 0 six more times and became the youngest all around olympic gold medallist ever.

Romanian gymnast nadia comaneci became the first woman to score a perfect 10 in an olympic gymnastics event at the 1976 olympic games at age 14. Artistic gymnastics comaneci nadia floor exercises gymnastics gymnastics artistic montreal 1976 romania uneven bars women. During the team compulsory portion of the competition she was awarded the first perfect 10 in olympic gymnastics for her routine on the uneven bars.