Nadia and Carol
Nadia Comaneci - (born on 12th November, 1961 Gheorghe Gheorghiu Dej (now Onesti, Romania), Romanian gymnast. First gymnast in history to score a 10 for competing in the Olympics. Bela Karalyi was introduced to Comaneci at the age of six. She would later be Romania's gymnastics coach. First competing in the junior national championships of Romania in 1969, she was 13th. In 1970, she the Romanian gymnast won. In 1972, during an event for communist-controlled countries' junior athletes before the Olympics she was awarded 3 gold and silver medals. After that, in 1973 and '74 she was the junior champion in all aspects. In 1975, she took home 4 gold and 1 silver at her first senior international contest. Lyudmila Torishcheva was a five-time European champion. In 1976, she won the American Cup at the New York City Olympics. She also became the first woman ever to remove the bars in parallel with backwards double salto. Carol Wayne.........................Carol Wayne was an Amer...