The 1st Gymnast to Score a Perfect 10 in Olympic History
September 19, 2006 by Sasha Manuel
Filed under Sports Rumors
Who is Nadia Comaneci?
She is a gymnast from Romania who competed during the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal.
Comaneci first received her perfect 10 score on the uneven parallel bars and continued to receive the maximum mark 7 times during the said Games.
She had won a total of 9 Olympic medals [1976 Montreal Games and 1980 Moscow Games]. And a total of 4 Worlds medals, 2 gold and 2 silver, during the 1978 and 1979 World Championships.
Comaneci stepped into the limelight during the 1975 European Championships, where she won 4 gold medals. She retired after her victory in the 1981 World …read more
Shannon Miller and the Hall of Fame
April 30, 2006 by Sasha Manuel
Filed under Sports Rumors
Shannon Miller will be inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. She has won seven Olympic medals in her discipline, Artistic Gymanstics. This made her the most decorated gymnast in U.S. history.
Breaking down the seven medals, three bronze, two silver and two gold. Five of which, the three bronze and two silver, she won during the 1992 Barcelona Games and the other two remaining, which were gold medals, were during the 1996 Atlanta Games.




