He trained multiple Olympic gold medalists and world champions in the U.S. and Romania, including Nadia Comaneci and Mary Lou Retton.
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 ...
Bela Karolyi, the former USA Gymnastics coach who led multiple Olympic gold medalists to victory in Romania and the US, ...
Former gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi, best known for guiding Nadia Comaneci to the sport's first 'perfect 10', dies aged 82.
Former gymnast Nadia Comaneci has paid tribute to her coach, Bela Karolyi, who passed away on November 14, 2024, at the age ...
Former American and Romanian gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi died on Friday at age 82, according to USA Gymnastics. Karolyi and ...
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 ...