Nadia Comaneci
Flawless gymnastics score
Nadia Comaneci is a Romanian gymnast who became the first person to score a perfect 10.0 in Olympic gymnastics competition, at the 1976 Montreal Games.
She won five Olympic gold medals and became an icon of the sport.
Her name is sometimes invoked to describe flawless athletic performance: She stuck the landing like Nadia Comaneci.
- perfect tenHighest possible rating
- balance beamElevated narrow plank for routines
- uneven barsStaggered horizontal rails apparatus
- RomaniaSoutheastern European nation
- Cold War eraEast-West tension period
Eastern Bloc · iron curtain · defection · gold medal · role model · ten · trailblazer · scoring system · perseverance · perfect · routines · floor exercise · floor routine · dismounts · sticking the landing · dedication · mental focus · 1976
- GymnastsSimone Biles
- RomaniansTristan Tzara, Vlad the Impaler
- athletesathlete, Olympian, champion, swimmers, runner
- OlympicsOlympics, Olympic Games, Summer Olympics, Winter Olympics, Olympic medal
- Sports LegendsMichael Jordan, Muhammad Ali, Tiger Woods, Tom Brady, Babe Ruth
- OlympiansZeus, Michael Phelps, Hera, Usain Bolt, Poseidon