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Bela Karolyi

Awards And Accomplishments

1972	Coaches team to a silver medal and coaches Comaneci to the individual gold, at the Eastern Bloc Friendship Cup in Sofia
1976	Brings Nadia Comaneci to the Montreal Olympics where she wins the individual gold medal; coaches Romanian team to first Olympic medals since 1960; wins Romanian Labor Union Medal
1977	Wins the Romanian national championships
1978	Wins the Friendship Cup
1979	Sweeps the European championships and the world championships
1984	Brings Mary Lou Retton to the Los Angeles Olympics where she wins the individual gold medal; coaches the United States team to first Olympic team medal since 1948
1996	Coaches the United States team to Olympic gold medal
1997	Inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame