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Photo: Peter Timm \ Ullstein Bild / Getty Images (Top right) Then-14-year-old Nadia Comaneci performing a back handspring during her routine on the balance beam during the 1976 Summer Olympics. (Top left) Nadia Comaneci presenting her Olympic medals from Montreal 1976 (3x gold, 1x silver, 1x bronze).

When I began my career, I just wanted to do cartwheels.” – Nadia Comăneci, Letters to a Young Gymnast. “ Romanians have a saying, ‘Not every dog has a bagel on its tail.’ It means that not all streets are paved with gold. One day, the whole world would know it, too. He knew that she was exceptional, and sure enough, he was proven right. At the age of 6, she was chosen to become a member of a gymnastics school, an experimental program forwarded by the esteemed coach Béla Károlyi, who, upon watching Nadia do some cartwheels in a schoolyard, decided in a heartbeat that he wanted her in his team.

Nadia’s talent was more than evident to the trained eye. Nadia Comăneci – Letters to a Young Gymnast For Nadia, however, this was her lucky charm, for this is where she would meet the humble beginnings of her astonishing career and long-lasting legacy as a gymnast. These are usually derogatory characteristics for children. Nadia was an incredibly active and energetic child, so her mother decided to enroll her in gymnastics. Though, of course, no one knew it yet, not even her parents. On a cold November day in 1961, in the tiny town of Onești, Bacău, a legend was born. From how to live after you've realized your dream to the necessity of a spirit forged with mettle," Comaneci's thoughts on athleticism and sacrifice are eye-opening.Nadia was the firstborn of Gheorghe and Ștefania Comăneci and their one and only daughter.

Now a woman of tremendous poise and self-assurance, she offers unique insights into the mind of a top competitor. In Letters to a Young Gymnast, Nadia Comaneci tells how she found the inner strength to become a world-class athlete at such a young age. From how to live on after you've realised your dream, to the necessity of 'a spirit forged with mettle,' this title includes Nadia's thoughts on athleticism and sacrifice. If there were such a thing as an 'elder' stateswoman in women's gymnastics today, Nadia Comaneci would win that title as readily as she once won gold medals. A unique glimpse into the remarkable life, and fascinating mindset, of the woman who broke records-and boundaries-for female athletes everywhere Num Pages: 192 pages. Description for Letters to a Young Gymnast Paperback.