Bela Karolyi

Gymnastics Coach

Birthday September 13, 1942

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace Hungary

DEATH DATE Nov 15, 2024 (82)

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Numerology: 2

About

Gymnastics coach who guided many female athletes to Olympic gold medals, including Nadia Comaneci and Svetlana Boginskaya. The 2020 documentary Athlete A revolved around him. 

Before Fame

He developed a gymnastics training program in which Nadia Comaneci was one of his first pupils.

Trivia

He and his wife, Marta Eross, both became gymnastics coaches. In 2000, he was inducted into the US Gymnastics Hall of Fame.

Family Life

He was born in Kolozsvar (now Cluj-Napoca), Romania, in 1942.

Associated With

He trained Mary Lou Retton, an Olympic gold medalist.

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