FOTO. Nadia Comăneci a împlinit 59 de ani! Imagini de colecție cu celebra gimnastă. Cum arăta pe vremea când era doar o copilă

Cum arată Nadia Comăneci în costum de baie la aproape 58 de ani!

Cum arată Nadia Comăneci în costum de baie la aproape 58 de ani!

Cum arată Nadia Comăneci în costum de baie la aproape 58 de ani!

Cum arată Nadia Comăneci în costum de baie la aproape 58 de ani!

Cum arată Nadia Comăneci în costum de baie la aproape 58 de ani!

Cum arată Nadia Comăneci în costum de baie la aproape 58 de ani!

Romanian olympic gymnast legand Nadia Comaneci poses with Romania team coach Octavian Bellu 17 August 2004 at the Olympic Indoor Hall after the women's artistic gymnastics team final during the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. Romania won the gold medal. AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNIS,Image: 15906077, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no

Former Romanian gymnast and Montreal Olympic champion Nadia Comaneci (L) laughs with her fiance Bart Conner, former US gymnast and Los Angeles Olympic gold medalist after their press conference at the World Gymnastics Championships in Sabae, western Japan, 29 September. The two gold medalists will be married next April. AFP PHOTO,Image: 17507187, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no

La gymnaste roumaine Nadia Comaneci participe à l'épreuve du sol de la gymnastique féminine des Jeux olympiques d'été de Montréal, le 27 août 1976. Comaneci a remporté la médaille d'or du classement général individuel.,Image: 68253353, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no

Olympic legends Nadia Comaneci (R) and Edwin Moses (2/R) pose with Chinese Special Olympics athlete Jia Sirui (L), 26 January 2002 in Beijing, at the start of the first official visit to China by members of the World Sports Academy in support of the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, a global charity programme. The celebrated gymnast Comaneci and 400-metre hurdler Moses, joined by swimming legend Mark Spitz (not pictured), will attend the launch of the Unified Sports Programme in Beijing on 28 January.,Image: 69262813, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no

123769, August 2014 Nadia Comaneci will be appearing as a judge on BBC1Ős new celebrity gymnastics competition Tumble.The live show will run for six weeks from next Saturday as the stars attempt to master disciplines including double trapeze, acrobatic gymnastics and trampolining.Nadia Comaneci of Romania, at 14 stunned judges when she landed a perfect score at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, she continued to win medals for the next few years but in 1981, she retired from gymnastics and seemed to disappear.She had taken on Ôa new bleaknessŐ following her coach Bela KarolyiŐs defection to the United States in 1981.Nadia decided to defect to America in 1989. Today, Nadia holds both a Romanian and a US passport.When she arrived in America she fell under the control of Romanian emigre Constantin Panait who had helped her defect, but she managed to get away from his control with the help of Bela Karolyi her old coach and then American gymnast Bart Conner showed up.They married 18 years ago and have 2 children.STOCK PHOTOS FROM 1991, TWO YEARS AFTER SHE DEFECTED TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Nadia Comaneci and her old Romanian coach Bela Karolyi at an exhibition in Santa Monica, when she lived in Venice, California.Venice, Los Angeles, California - September 16, 1991.,Image: 200443009, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no

Jul. 02, 1980 - Nadia Comaneci Wins Gold On The Beam. Photo shows Nadia Comaneci of Rumania seen on the beam for which she won the gold medal during the Moscow Olympics.,Image: 209979641, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no

Apr 17, 1978; Wembley, UK; Gymnast NADIA COMANECI of team Romania performs on the beam in at the Britsh Amateur International Gymnastics Tournament at the Empire Pool in Wembley..,Image: 210131170, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no

Apr 15, 1977; Wembley, UK; Gymnast NADIA COMANECI of Romania, the star gymnast of the Montreal Olympics, takes her run on the balance beam during 'Champions All' International Gymnastics Tournament.,Image: 210142876, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no

Aug 05, 1973 - London, England, United Kingdom - Gymnast NADIA COMANECI on the balance beam. Nadia Elena Comaneci (born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian gymnast, winner of five Olympic gold medals, and the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event. She is one of the best-known gymnasts in the world. c. late 1970s.,Image: 210154805, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no

Romanian champion Nadia Comaneci, aged 14, performs during the women's beam of the artistic gymnastics event of the Montreal Olympic Games on July 21, 1976 in Montreal where she was awarded with ten points in two exercices and captured 3 gold medals (beam, uneven bars and general competition). Legendary gymnast, during her career Nadia Comaneci captured four Olympic gold medals (1976 : beam, uneven bars and general competition - 1980, beam) and was the first to score 10 in her discipline. Photo prise le 21 juillet 1976 de la gymnaste roumaine Nadia Comaneci, alors âgée de 14 ans, présentant son programme à la poutre lors des Jeux olympiques de Montréal. Aux Etats-Unis, où sont organisés les 37e championnat du monde jusqu'au 24 août 2003 à Anaheim, le développement de la gymnastique artistique doit beaucoup à Nadia Comaneci.,Image: 283189654, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no

NADIA COMANECI 2005 Laureus World Sports Awards Estoril, Portugal- 16.05.05,Image: 334507108, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no

Nadia Comaneci, 1992,Image: 482080474, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: For usage credit please use; /Courtesy Everett Collection, Model Release: no