Nadia Comăneci

Biography

Nadia Elena Comăneci Conner is a Romanian retired gymnast, born November 12, 1961. At age 14, she became the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 at the Olympic Games in 1976, earning six more perfect scores en route to three gold medals that year and two more gold medals at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. She won nine Olympic medals and is widely regarded as one of the world's best-known gymnasts.