Tag: Comaneci
Nadia Comaneci, the Romanian icon of 1976
Nadia Comaneci was 14 years old when she became the “little fairy of Montreal”. The Romanian made history at the 1976 Olympics with the first perfect score of 10 out…
when Maylis de Kerangal remembers Nadia Comaneci – L’Express
“I remember very precisely the moment when she appeared in front of the asymmetrical bars, under the lights of the Forum, the construction of which was beginning to be unfinished.…
Nadia Comaneci, young prodigy under surveillance: the chilling archives of the Securitate
Night of November 27, 1989: Nadia Comaneci crosses the Hungarian border to flee the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu. For the driver Romanian, it’s a disaster. His regime (which would fall…