| LC control no. | n 50031920 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Comăneci, Nadia, 1961- |
| Variant(s) | Conner, Nadia Elena Comăneci, 1961- |
| Associated country | Romania United States |
| Located | Norman (Okla.) |
| Birth date | 1961-11-12 |
| Place of birth | Onești (Bacău, Romania) |
| Field of activity | Gymnastics |
| Affiliation | Universitatea Politehnică București |
| Profession or occupation | Women gymnasts Gymnastics coaches |
| Found in | Braun, T. Nadia Comaneci, 1976. The little communist who never smiled, 2016: ECIP data view (Nadia Comăneci) Wikipedia 04-22-2016: (Nadia Elena Comăneci ; born November 12, 1961; a former Romanian gymnast, winner of three gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastics 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, Comăneci was named as one of the Athletes of the Century by the Laureus World Sports Academy; defected to the US in 1989) Not playing by the rules, 2020: page [25] (Nadia Comăneci, gymnastics, b. November 12, 1961) Wikipedia web site, April 9, 2021: (Nadia Elena Comăneci Conner, born November 12, 1961, Onești, Romania ; known professionally as Nadia Comăneci, is a Romanian retired gymnast and a five-time Olympic gold medalist, all in individual events. ; She has lived in the United States since 1989, when she defected from then-Communist Romania before its revolution in December that year. She later worked with and married American Olympic gold medal gymnast Bart Conner, who set up his own school. In 2001 she became a naturalized United States citizen, and has dual citizenship, also maintaining her Romanian citizenship. residence: Norman, Oklahoma ; After years of top-level athletic competition, Comăneci graduated from Politehnica University of Bucharest with a degree in sports education, which gave her the qualifications to coach gymnastics.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadia_Com%C4%83neci> |
| Associated language | eng |
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