Gymnastics· Romania· 1970s
Nadia Comăneci
Nadia Elena Comăneci Conner is a Romanian retired gymnast.
- Overall rating
- 1338
- ±569
- Overall rank
- —
- provisional
- Gymnastics rating
- 1338
- 1 same-sport
- Record
- 0–1
- 1 matchups
Rating history
The record book
Beaten most
Opponents this athlete has taken the most votes from.
No wins yet.
Nemesis
Ranked by how far below expectation the results fell, not by raw losses — losing to a clear favourite says less than losing to someone the ratings said you should beat.
Signature win
The victory the ratings least expected, scored from the state at the moment of the vote.
No wins yet.
The crowd's verdict
How this athlete performs against what the ratings expected, and whether the crowd treats them differently outside their own sport.
- As favourite
- —
- never favoured
- As underdog
- —
- never an underdog
- In sport
- 0–1
- Cross-sport
- 0–0
Achievements
- BBC World Sport Star of the Year
- Hero of Socialist Labour of Romania
- Associated Press Athlete of the Year
- Silver Olympic Order
- International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
- Silver Olympic Order
- Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame
- BBC 100 Women
Background
Nadia Elena Comăneci Conner is a Romanian retired gymnast. She is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, all in individual events. In 1976, at age 14, Comăneci was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10.0 at the Olympic Games. At the same Games, she earned six more perfect 10s for events en route to winning three gold medals. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Comăneci won two more gold medals and achieved two more perfect 10s. During her career, Comăneci won nine Olympic medals and four World Artistic Gymnastics Championship medals.
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