Nadia and Carol

Nadia Comaneci, (born November 12th, 1961 Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej [now OnestiGheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej [now Onesti Romania) Romanian gymnast who was the first gymnast in history to get a flawless score of 10 during the Olympic event. Bela Karalyi discovered Comaneci when she was six. Comaneci would go on to become Romania's gymnastics coach. First competing in the championships for juniors from Romania in 1969, she was 13th. In 1970, she the Romanian gymnast won. The first time she competed in an international competition, which was an Olympic-style junior preolympic competition for countries in the Communist bloc, she was awarded three gold medals. Then in 1973 and 1975 she was named the all-around Junior Champion. At her first competitive event at the senior level, Lyudmila Turkishcheva from Russia took home five gold medals as well as one silver. In 1976, she was the first female athlete in the world to utilize a reversed double salto for a dismount off the parallel bars. Carol Wayne.........................Carol Wayne was an American film and TV actor best recognized for portraying Art Fern's Tea-Time Movie Lady on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. As a teenager she began her career in the entertainment field performing as a figure skater. Together with her twin brother Nina Wayne she was part of the traveling show Ice Capades. Carol Marie Wayne, born in Chicago Illinois US on 6 September 1942. Carol's first job was in entertainment as a teenager. The path she took to success began by joining her sister Nina Wayne to perform in Ice Capades, a traveling show of entertainment. They featured ice skating shows that included theatrical performances.

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