"Letters to a Young Gymnast" Autographed by Nadia Comaneci


Item Number: 202

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: Priceless

Online Close: Sep 4, 2008 9:00 PM CDT

Bid History: 5 bids - Item Sold!


Description

Nadia Comaneci's "Letters to a Young Gymnast (The Art of Mentoring)" Book Autographed by Nadia Comaneci. 

At the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Canada, a 14-year-old Romanian dynamo captured the hearts and minds of the world with her daring and perfection. We came to know her simply as “Nadia.” By the time the 1976 Olympics ended, Comaneci had earned seven perfect tens, three gold medals, one bronze, one silver and countless fans.  She appeared on the covers of TIME, NEWSWEEK and SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, all in the same week, and returned home to Romania to a heroines welcome. Four years later, at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, Comaneci earned two more gold medals and two silver to bring her Olympic total to 9 medals (5 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze.) 

In 1996, Comaneci was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. In 1999, Comaneci was honored by ABC News and Ladies Home Journal as one of the 100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century.  Comaneci, who is also fluent in French and English, continues to travel the world with her various interests.  Nadia also travels to Romania often to support dozens of charities in her homeland.   Even though Nadia won a total of nine Olympic medals, five of them gold, she will always be remembered at the first gymnast to score a Perfect 10, and leave her indelible mark on the history of the Olympics.

 

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