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Nadia Elena Comneci born November 12, 1961 is a former Romanian gymnast, winner of three gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score ofin an Olympic gymnastics event. She also won two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. She is one of the bestknown gymnasts in the world and is credited with popularizing the sport around the world. In 2000, Comneci was named as one of the Athletes of the Century by the Laureus World Sports Academy.

Nadia Elena Comneci was born in Oneti, Romania, the daughter of Gheorghe and tefaniaAlexandrina Comneci. Her mother was inspired to call her Nadia by a Russian film she watched while pregnant, whose heroine was called Nadya, the diminutive version of the Russian name Nadezhda, which means hope. Comneci has a brother named Adrian who is four years her junior.

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