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Comaneci

American  
[koh-muh-neech, -neych, kaw-mah-nech] / ˌkoʊ məˈnitʃ, -ˈneɪtʃ, ˌkɔ mɑˈnɛtʃ /

noun

  1. Nadia born 1961, Romanian gymnast.


Comaneci British  
/ ˌkɒməˈnɛtʃɪ /

noun

  1. Nadia. born 1961, Romanian gymnast: gold medal winner in the 1976 Olympic Games where she became the first female gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10; defected to the US in 1989

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Comaneci was reminded that she has nine Olympic medals.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2024

Navratilova speaks often about this, but sometimes it’s hard to imagine that people like her or Czech supermodel Paulina Porizkova or Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci fled oppression.

From Washington Post Feb. 28, 2022

The days of Nadia Comaneci and the perfect 10 are long gone.

From Seattle Times Jul. 26, 2021

On the first day of the 2017 world championships, she was introduced in front of a crowd in Montreal, where Comaneci had made history 41 years before.

From New York Times Jul. 24, 2021

Bela and Marta Karolyi, who coached Romania's Nadia Comaneci before defecting in the 1980s, have been widely credited with transforming the U.S. into a gymnastics powerhouse.

From Salon Jul. 23, 2021

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