Olympics
Did Nadia Comaneci compete to ‘Nadia’s Theme’ in the 1976 Olympics?
July 23, 2012
World & Nation
Nadia Comaneci, the Romanian athlete who in 1976 earned the world’s first perfect scores in Olympic gymnastics, has fled her native country, the Hungarian government announced.
Nov. 30, 1989
Nadia Comaneci confirmed rumors that she tried to kill herself at age 15 by drinking bleach, according to Life magazine’s March issue.
Feb. 19, 1990
Comaneci Deal: Olympic gymnastics champion Nadia Comaneci will tell her life story in a two-hour movie made possible by the fall of the Ceausescu government in her native Romania, it was announced Thursday by David Frost’s production company, David Paradine Television Inc.
Dec. 29, 1989
Nadia Comaneci, the Olympic gymnast who defected to the United States last November, will return to Romania this spring to see her friends and family but will settle permanently in the West, her brother said.
Jan. 3, 1990
Nadia Comaneci, who charmed the world with her pixie face and flashy style at the 1976 Olympics, fled to Hungary from her native Romania in a pre-dawn dash to freedom, the state-run MTI news agency said today.
Nov. 29, 1989
Nadia Comaneci, gymnast sweetheart of the 1976 Montreal Olympics, says she plans to wed the “best friend” she left behind in Romania, 30-year-old Mihai Vasilescu.
Feb. 21, 1990
Nadia Comaneci, the former Romanian gymnast who became famous at the 1976 Olympic Games, is living with friends in Montreal and looking for work as a gym teacher, a newspaper reported.
March 22, 1990
Archives
Comaneci Controversy: “Hard Copy” will feature an exclusive interview tonight with Maria Panait, wife of Romanian immigrant Konstantin Panait, the 34-year-old builder who arranged Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci’s defection late last month and has been romantically linked with the Olympic gymnast.
Dec. 11, 1989