Nadia Comaneci

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FIRST Olympic gymnast to earn a PERFECT score of 10 -- the score board didn't even have enough spaces to accurately reflect her score, reading "1.00" instead
Earned a total of seven perfect tens in her first Olympics, as well as three gold medals, one bronze, and one silver
Earned an additional two golds and two silvers in the 1980 Olympics
Inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Face
Named one of the "100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century" by ABC News and Ladies' Home Journal
Fluent in Romanian, English, and French
ONLY person to be awarded the Olympic Honor twice
Started the Nadia Comaneci Foundation, which supports and promotes sports, education, and family
Founding member of the Laureus Academy, and a board member of the Laureus Sports For Good Foundation, both of which seek to leverage the power of sports as a tool for social change
Vice-Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Special Olympics International, and Vice President of the Muscular Dystrophy Association

Photo by Unknown (Comitetul Olimpic si Sportiv Roman) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Bibliography: Allred, Alexandra P. Atta Girl! A Celebration of Women in Sports. Terre Haute: Wish Publishing, 2003. Print.
Doyle, Caitlin. Girls Can Do Anything: From Sports to Innovation, Art to Politics, Meet Over 200 Women Who Got There First. Buffalo: Firefly Books, 2016. Print.
Nadia Comaneci. www.bartandnadia.com.

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Laureus
Nadia Comaneci Foundation

Books by this Awesome Woman

Nadia: The Autobiography of Nadia Comaneci

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Nadia Comaneci: The Enchanting Story of Little Miss Perfect

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