Which gymnast got a perfect 10?

Which gymnast got a perfect 10?

In 1976 in Montreal, Romanian athlete Nadia Comaneci became the first gymnast in Olympic history to be awarded the perfect score of 10.0 for her… performance on the uneven bars. She went on to record the perfect 10.0 six more times and became the youngest all-around Olympic gold medallist ever.

How was Nadia Comaneci abused?

Olaru said Comaneci had been treated less badly than some of her team-mates, perhaps because of her special status. However, in an unpublished 1977 interview with two Romanian journalists discovered by Olaru, she claimed she had been slapped and starved for up to three days at a time.

What is the average height of an elite gymnast?

With an average height of 5 ft 4 in and weight of 94.8 pounds stereotypical canon for rhythmic implies Gymnasts’ thinness is usually genetically determined.

How many gymnasts have received a perfect 10?

As no-one had ever achieved a perfect score in gymnastics until Nadia Comăneci at the 1976 Summer Olympics, she earned the nickname: the ‘goddess from Montréal’. Over the course of her the Olympic careers, Comaneci would earn six additional 10s.