Nadia and Carol
Nadia Comaneci was born on November 12, 1961, in Gheorghe Gheorghiu Dej (now Onesti), Romania. Nadia is the Romanian Olympic gymnast, and is the only person to be awarded 10/10 marks at an Olympic event. Bela Karrolyi, the Romanian gymnastics instructor who was later Comaneci's coach who first came across Comaneci when she was just six years old. In 1969, she took part at the Romanian Junior Championships and placed 13th. In 1970, she won the title. Three gold medals were awarded in her very first contest at a junior Olympic meet in 1972 that was held by communist bloc countries. In 1973 and 1974, she was the junior all-round champion. In 1975 she was awarded four golds and one silver medal in her debut senior international contest. Lyudmila Torishcheva was a five-time European Champion. The first female ever to perform reverse double saltos after dismounting from an unbalanced parallel bar. Carol Wayne.........................Carol Wayne was an American film and TV actor best re...