Nadia and Carol
Nadia Comaneci was born on the 12th of November, 1961 within Gheorghe Gheorghiu Dej (now Onesti), Romania. Nadia is the Romanian Olympic gymnast, and is the only person to be recognized with 10/10 scores in an Olympic competition. Bela Karrolyi was the Romanian gymnastics instructor who later became her coach in later years, discovered her at age six. First competing in the national junior championships in Romania in 1969, she was 13th. In 1970, she the Romanian gymnast won. Three gold medals were awarded in her debut competition in a junior pre-Olympic meeting in 1972 that was held by the communist bloc nations. Between 1973 and 1974, she was the junior champion in all-round competitions. At her first competition as a senior in 1975 she bested the Russian Lyudmila Turishcheva who was a five-time European champion, winning 4 gold and one silver medal. She was the first female ever to perform reverse double saltos while dismounting from an uneven parallel bar. Carol Wayne................