Nadia and Carol

Nadia Comaneci is a Romanian gymnast (born on the 12th of November, 1961, in Gheorghe Gheorghiu Dej [now OnestiGheorghe Gheorghiu Dej [now Onesti] Romania). She was the first to achieve a perfect 10 during an Olympic celebration. Bela Karalyi stumbled upon Comaneci when she was six. Later, she would become the gymnastics coach of Romania. She competed for the very first time at the junior national championships, finishing 13th. After that she took home the title of champion. She took home three golds at her very first contest at a pre-Olympic junior meet in 1972 that was held by the communist countries of the bloc. In 1973 as well as 1974, she became the all-around junior champion. At her first competition with a senior team in 1975 she topped Russian Lyudmila Turishcheva who was a five-time European champion, winning 4 gold and one silver medals. She took home the American Cup in New York City in 1976 becoming the first woman in history to complete backward double salto as a dismount from the bar that is uneven. Carol Wayne.........................Carol Wayne was an American film and TV actor best recognized for portraying Art Fern's Tea-Time Movie Lady on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Her path into the entertainment industry began during her teens when she started doing figure skating with her younger cousin Nina Wayne as part of the shows that traveled around called Ice Capades. Carol Marie Wayne, born in Chicago Illinois US on 6 September 1942. Carol began her career in the entertainment business in her teens. At the age of 13 Carol was an ice figure skater in the traveling show Ice Capades with her sister Nina Wayne. These were shows that featured ice skating shows that were performed accompanied by theatrical music.

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