The life of Nadia Comăneci, the legendary gymnast famous for scoring the first perfect 10 in Olympics has been full of twists and turns. Surely, your perception of living life and dealing with the obstacles you face will change after reading this extremely gripping and inspirational story of this brave woman who went down in sports history as one of the most prolific performers ever born.

Romanian By Birth

Nadia Comăneci, daughter of George Comăneci, an auto mechanic and  Ştefania Comăneci was a very energetic and active child. She was born on November 12, 1961, in Onesti, Romania and had a brother named Adrian who was younger than her. Her parents were very religious and brought up their children to the Romanian Orthodox Church. Stefania had a lot of problem dealing with a naughty and active child like Nadia, so she decided to send her to gymnastics classes.