The Nadia Year will be marked in Onești, the hometown of the great champion.
The youngest Romanian Olympic champions came from gymnastics and swimming
The year 2026 has been officially declared as the year “Nadia Comăneci” by the Romanian authorities to mark 50 years since the first ten in gymnastics obtained at the Montreal Olympics back in 1976
Few moments in the history of sports have remained, even after decades, unforgettable for those who witnessed them. In 1976, at the Olympic Games in Montreal, thousands of spectators, alongside tens of millions of TV viewers, watched a 14-year-old girl from Romania reaching perfection.
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Along with 36 other nations, Romania participates in the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships under way in Cluj Napoca until the 23rd of April