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About Béla Károlyi
Béla Károlyi was a Romanian and American gymnastics coach of Hungarian descent. Early in his coaching career he developed the Romanian centralized training system for gymnastics. One of his earliest protégés was Nadia Comăneci, the first Olympic Games gymnast to be awarded a perfect score. Living under the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu, Károlyi frequently clashed with Romanian officials. He and his wife defected to the United States in 1981.
Everything about Béla Károlyi →- Occupation
- gymnastics coach, businessperson
- Citizenship
- Romania, United States
- Born
- September 13, 1942
- Died
- November 15, 2024