Nadia Elena Comaneci The Best Gymnast Of All Times

Nadia Elena Comaneci The Best Gymnast Of All Times © http://www.shanagrant.com

Nadia Elena Comaneci (born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian gymnast, winner of three Olympic gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and the first gymnast ever to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event. She is also the winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. She is one of the best-known gymnasts in the world and, along with Olga Korbut, is credited with popularizing the sport around the world. In 2000 Comaneci was named as one of the athletes of the century by the Laureus World Sports Academy.

Comaneci is active in many charities and international organizations. In 1999, she became the first athlete to be invited to speak at the United Nations to launch the Year 2000 International Year of Volunteers. She is currently the Vice-Chair of the Board Of Directors of the International Special Olympics and Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Muscular Dystrophy Association. She has also personally funded the construction and operation of the Nadia Comăneci Children's Clinic, a clinic in Bucharest that provides low-cost and free medical and social support to Romanian children.

In 2003, the Romanian government appointed her as an Honorary Consul General of Romania to the United States to deal with bilateral relations between the two nations. She performs this function based out of her Norman, Oklahoma, office.

In the world of gymnastics, Comaneci is the Honorary President of the Romanian Gymnastics Federation, the Honorary President of Romanian Olympic Committee, Ambassador of Sports of Romania and a member of the International Gymnastics Federation Foundation. She and her husband own the Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy, the Perfect 10 Production Company and several sports equipment shops. They are also the editors of International Gymnast magazine. Additionally, Comăneci and Conner have provided television commentary for many gymnastics meets, most recently the 2005 World Championships in Melbourne and the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. In 2004, her 10.0 Montreal uneven bars routine was featured in a commercial for Adidas which ran during the Athens Olympics.

On August 10, 2007, Nadia was a "mob" participant on the American version of the game show 1 vs 100, and was not eliminated until the last 20 members of the mob were left. In January 2008, she was one of the contestants in the celebrity edition of Donald Trump's television program The Apprentice.

Category:

People & Blogs

Tags:

• Nadia
• Elena
• Comaneci
• the
• legend
• romania
• romanian
• gymnast
• gimnast
• montreal
• olimpyc
• games
• maximum
• note
• 10
• gold
• winner
• champion

[simplyguys]

RESPECT !!♥

[MattGues]

I NEVER would have thought that she would have gotten a breast augmentation. That surprised me. Not that I know the lady. Not that she doesn't look great. It's just.... different.... to see that in a gymnast.

She has nothing to prove, for the rest of her life.

[MsOHsvideos]

I miss u Nadia come back to the Olympics.

[Vo0oOo0oV]

and very hot woman

[eloso1961]

she is hot!!!

[stephafae]

@MattGues I can understand it considering her sport, there is a dark side to women's gymnastics that most people don't talk about. Their bodies never develop because they're encouraged to be as small as they can be in order to compete with the world's best.

[MrMexicanmango]

nadia is the queen....period

[666katwoman]

She is my IDOL!!!

[BondGirl29]

@PLANETIMAGE1 - get a life LOSER! she is the best gymnast ever born on this planet!

[suzelypaz]

Fui ginasta e inspiravame em Nadia Comaneci eu sou apaixonada por suas series em todas as modalidades sempr p mim sera a nota 10 ela e para mim a melhor ginasta q ja vi emocionome sempre e incrivel e um carinho uma lembranca muito boa nadia onde estiver seja feliz