Biographies: November 12
Nadia Comăneci
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Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win.

Nadia Comăneci

Born this day in 1961, Romanian Nadia Comăneci (who later defected to the U.S.) was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect 10 in Olympic competition, scoring seven of them at the 1976 Summer Games in Montreal.