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Nadia Comaneci

Awards And Accomplishments



1969 Thirteenth place Romanian National Junior Championships
1970-71 First place Romanian National Junior Championship
1971 First place all-around, vault, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise, Cup of the Romanian Gymnastic Federation
1972 First place team and all-around, Romanian National Junior Championship
1972 First place team, Cup of the Romanian Gymnastics Federation
1973 First place all-around, vault, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise, International Championships of Romania
1973 First place team and all-around, Romanian Senior Championships
1974 First place team and all-around, Romania-Poland-USA Junior TriMeet
1975 First place all-around, vault, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise, European Championships
1975 First place team, all-around, vault, uneven bars, balance beam, floor exercise, Romanian Championships
1976 First place all-around, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise, second place team, Olympic Games
1976 Named Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year
1977 First place all-around and uneven bars, European Championships
1977 First place team and all-around, Balkan Championships
1977 First place all-around, International Championship of Romania
1977 First place all-around, Orleans International
1978 First place bars, second place vault and team, World Championships
1979 First place all-around, vault, and floor exercise, third place balance beam, European Championships
1979 First place all-around, International Championship of Romania
1979 First place team, World Championships
1979 First place vault and floor exercise, second place balance beam, World Cup
1979 First place team, all-around, vault, and uneven bars, second place floor exercise, Balkan Championships
1980 First place uneven bars, International Championship of Romania
1980 First place bars and floor exercise, second place team and all-around, Olympic Games
1981 First place team, all-around, vault, uneven bars, and balance beam, University Games
1984 Received Olympic Order Award
1991 Inducted into Sudafed International Women's Sports Hall of Fame
1993 Inducted into International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
1996 Named Honorary President of the Romanian Gymnastics Federation
1996 Honored in Atlanta's Opening Ceremonies as an Unforgettable Olympian
1998 Received Flo Hyman Award celebrating National Girls and Women in Sport Day
2001 Named Sportswoman of the Century, World Sports Awards

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