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Nadia Comăneci was born in Onești, Romania, in 1961. At age six she was discovered by Bela Karolyi, later the Romanian gymnastics coach. In her first international event, a junior meet for the communist-bloc countries in 1972, she won three gold medals. At age 14 she made her Olympic debut at the 1976 Montreal Games.

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