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Bela Karolyi, gymnastics coach who mentored Nadia Comaneci, dies aged 82

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Bela Karolyi, a 82-year-old gymnastics coach, passed away without a specified cause of death. He is credited with greatly contributing to the success of US women's gymnastics, leading several Olympic gold medalists and world champions including Mary Lou Retton, Nadia Comaneci, and Kerri Strug. Karolyi was known for his unapologetic approach to coaching, which sometimes raised controversy.

  1. US
    Bela Karolyi
    USA Gymnastics
    1. These critics of mine, who do you think they are? They are jealous coaches, nonproducers.
    2. We have an action-packed sport, and from time to time people get injured.
    3. My attitude … is never to be satisfied.
    4. When they say, 'Oh, that goddam Bela,' it is because I have made their lives miserable. They now have to work as hard as me, all day long.

sources

  1. 1.CTV News
  2. 2.The Guardian
  3. 3.CNN
  4. 4.Guardian

perspectives

  1. 1.Obituary
  2. 2.Gymnastics

countries

  1. 1.RomaniaRO
  2. 2.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.USA Gymnastics
  2. 2.InstagramUS
  3. 3.Los Angeles Lakers
  4. 4.Romania College of Physical Education
  5. 5.Karolyi's World Gymnastics
  6. 6.University of OklahomaUS

persons

  1. 1.Bela KarolyiUS
  2. 2.Kerri Strug
  3. 3.Nadia Comaneci
  4. 4.Larry Nassar
  5. 5.Nicolae Ceausescu
  6. 6.Dianne Durham
  7. 7.Kim Zmeskal
  8. 8.Marta Karolyi

technicals

  1. 1.Olympic Games
  2. 2.1996 Olympics
  3. 3.2000 Olympic Games
  4. 4.Montreal Olympics
  5. 5.Soviet Union
  6. 6.USP Coleman II
  7. 7.1956 Olympics
  8. 8.Los Angeles Olympics
Bela Karolyi, gymnastics coach who mentored Nadia Comaneci, dies aged 82