Béla Károlyi

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title: Béla Károlyi
text: Béla Károlyi is a former gymnastics coach; he is an ethnic Hungarian Romanian-American. Early in his coaching career he developed the Romanian centralized training system for gymnastics. One of his earliest protégés was Nadia Comăneci, the first Olympic Games gymnast to be awarded a perfect score. Living under the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu, Károlyi frequently clashed with Romanian officials. He and his wife defected to the United States in 1981. Since their arrival in the United States,
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description: Romanian-American gymnastics coach
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date created: 2004-08-15T09:36:23Z
date modified: 2024-09-06T23:51:54Z
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