Controversial gymnastics coach who led young women to Olympic gold dead at 82
He trained multiple Olympic gold medalists and world champions in the U.S. and Romania, including Nadia Comaneci and Mary Lou Retton.
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Bela Karolyi, the polarizing coach who helped launch gymnasts to Olympic stardom, dies at 82
Bela Karolyi, the legendary and controversial Romanian American gymnastics coach who helped lead Mary Lou Retton, Nadia Comaneci and Kerri Strug to Olympic gold, has died, USA Gymnastics announced. He ...
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Who is Bela Karolyi’s Daughter? All about the family as a US gymnastics coach dies at 82
Bela Karolyi, the former USA Gymnastics coach who led multiple Olympic gold medalists to victory in Romania and the US, ...
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"A big impact and influence in my life" - Olympic gold medalist Nadia Comaneci pays tribute to Gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi
Former gymnast Nadia Comaneci has paid tribute to her coach, Bela Karolyi, who passed away on November 14, 2024, at the age ...
Béla Károlyi, Divisive Coach of Numerous Olympic Women's Gymnastics Stars, Dies at 82
Karolyi was born in what is now Romania in 1942, and rose quickly through the Romanian dictatorship's coaching ranks. In 1976, he coached Nadia Comaneci to three gold medals at the Summer Olympics in ...
Bela Karolyi, who led Nadia Comaneci and Mary Lou Retton to Olympic gymnastics gold, dies
Bela Karolyi, the larger-than-life coach who led Nadia Comaneci and Mary Lou Retton to Olympic gold while revolutionizing the ...