Nadia Comăneci Trivia Questions

She married American gymnast Bart Conner in 1996, became a U.S. citizen in 2001, and they run a gymnastics academy in Oklahoma.

Although others had scored 10s before in other events, Nadia was the first to do so at the Olympics, on the uneven bars in Montreal.

The scoreboard was designed for three digits (e.g., 9.95), so her 10.0 appeared as 1.00, shocking the crowd and officials.

She was 14 years old at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, born in 1961. Age 12 is too young for Olympic gymnastics eligibility at that time.

Her uneven bars routine was about 30 seconds long, but the exact time was around 28 seconds—so it's technically true, but many believe it was shorter.

In 1989, just before the Romanian Revolution, she and other gymnasts escaped via a harrowing night-time journey across the border to Hungary.

No triple backflip has ever been landed in women's artistic gymnastics. She was known for her precision and perfection, not high-risk tumbling.

She actually competed at the 1975 World Championships in London, winning gold on the balance beam and silver in the all-around.