Nadia and Carol
Nadia Comaneci, (born November 12th of November, 1961 Gheorghe Gheorghiu Dej, (presently Onesti(born November 12, 1961 in Gheorghe Gheorghiu Dej, now One Romania) Romanian gymnast who was the first gymnast to get a flawless score of 10 in the Olympic event. Bela Karolyi, later Romanian Gymnastics Coach discovered Comaneci at just seven years old. Her first competitive event was the National Junior Championships where she placed 13th in the year 1969. In 1970, Comaneci took home the title. Three gold medals were awarded in her very first contest at a junior Olympic meet in 1972 that was held by communist bloc countries. Between 1973 and 1974 she won the junior all-round champion. At her first competition as a senior athlete in the year 1975, she beat out Russian Lyudmila Turishcheva, a five-time European champion winning four gold medals and one silver. She was the winner of the American Cup in New York City in 1976, becoming the first woman in history to complete a backward double sa...