Nadia Comăneci

The first gymnast in Olympic history to score a perfect 10.0 — at age 14 at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.

Nadia Elena Comăneci was born in Onești, Romania in 1961. She became the first gymnast in Olympic history to score a perfect 10.0 — at the 1976 Montreal Olympics aged 14. She received seven perfect scores and won three gold medals, a silver and a bronze at those Games. She won two further golds at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. She was named BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year in 1976. She defected to the United States in 1989 and subsequently married gymnast Bart Conner. She was voted the greatest gymnast of all time by the International Gymnastics Federation.

• Olympic Gold 5x
• First Perfect 10 in Olympic History