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Comaneci

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Co·ma·neci  (kmä-nch), Nadia Born 1961.
Romanian-born gymnast. In 1976 she became the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 at the Olympic games. She defected to the United States in 1989.

Comaneci [ˌkɒməˈnɛtʃɪ]
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(Biographies / Comaneci, Nadia (1961 F, USnational of birth: Romanian, SPORT AND GAMES: gymnast) Nadia. born 1961, Romanian gymnast; gold medal winner in the 1976 Olympic Games: defected to the US in 1989


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Now coaching in the area is mostly left up to the private schools, which see increased enrollment when Olympics superstars come along, like Comaneci in the 1970s.
In our consumer supplement, we have featured member PTs along with their patients--Olympic athletes Nadia Comaneci and Bart Connor, golf pros Tiger Woods and Mark O'Meara, Cincinnati Reds Ken Griffey, Jr, and Barry Larkin, Pulitzer Prize winner Art Buchwald--and this year's cover story will be former prisoner of war Jessica Lynch.
In addition to the comfortable and modern furnishings from Crate & Barrel's new CB2 line, the space is decorated with images of great Olympians such as Nadia Comaneci scoring the first perfect ten in women's gymnastics at Madison Square Garden in 1976 and Bob Beamon who grew up in New York City, shattering the long jump record at the 1968 Games in Mexico City.
 
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