Bela Karolyi
Béla Károlyi is a Romanian gymnastics coach of Hungarian ethnicity. He was born in what was then Kolozsvár, Hungary, now Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Károlyi and his wife, Márta, also of Hungarian origin, emigrated to the United States in 1981 and both have dual citizenships for Romania and the United States. The Károlyis have coached both Romanian and United States Olympic teams to medal-winning success. Among the gymnasts they have trained are Nadia Com?neci, Svetlana Boginskaya, Mary Lou Retton, Betty Okino, Teodora Ungureanu, Kim Zmeskal, Kristie Phillips, Dominique Moceanu, and Kerri Strug, whom he is famous for carrying to the podium after she injured her ankle on the gold medal-winning vault in the team competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. In total, Károlyi has coached 9 Olympic champions, 15 world champions, 16 European medalists and 6 U.S. national champions.
Béla Károlyi is a Romanian gymnastics coach of Hungarian ethnicity. He was born in what was then Kolozsvár, Hungary, now Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Károlyi and his wife, Márta, also of Hungarian origin, emigrated to the United States in 1981 and both have dual citizenships for Romania and the United States. The Károlyis have coached both Romanian and United States Olympic teams to medal-winning success. Among the gymnasts they have trained are Nadia Com?neci, Svetlana Boginskaya, Mary Lou Retton, Betty Okino, Teodora Ungureanu, Kim Zmeskal, Kristie Phillips, Dominique Moceanu, and Kerri Strug, whom he is famous for carrying to the podium after she injured her ankle on the gold medal-winning vault in the team competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. In total, Károlyi has coached 9 Olympic champions, 15 world champions, 16 European medalists and 6 U.S. national champions.
