Gymnast Nadia Comăneci celebrates her 65th birthdaytranslated

Gymnast Nadia Comăneci, nicknamed the Goddess of Montreal, turns 65 on Thursday. She entered the history of the sport after achieving the first 10 mark in the history of Olympic artistic gymnastics competitions at the Olympic Games in Montreal, 1976.

Nadia Comăneci was born on November 12, 1961 in Onești, Bacău county. She started gymnastics at the age of 5, being selected by coach Marcel Duncan and enrolled at AS Flacăra Onești.

From 1971, she was trained by Bela and Martha Karolyi, and at the age of 11 she won her first absolute national champion title. Half a year later he competed in the masters category, where he took third place.

In 1974, he achieved his first great success abroad, winning 1st place in the individual composition, in the Friendship Cup contest in Gera (German Democratic Republic).

First 10 in history in artistic gymnastics His rapid rise culminated in the results achieved in 1976 at the Olympic Games in Montreal.

According to the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee, that year's edition of the Olympic Games went down in sports history as the "Nadia Comăneci Olympics", after Nadia received seven...