An Eye For Talent
At the age of six, Nadia Comăneci was spotted by Béla Károlyi, a gymnastics coach and his wife, Márta, while Nadia was doing cartwheels in her kindergarten’s yard. The couple was scouting for talented youngsters whom they could train into stars. The pair made their way inside the grounds to find Nadia and even searched classroom by classroom to track her down. Eventually they found her and in less than a year, she was training with Béla.
Enter Béla Károlyi
Béla Károlyi was at first a junior boxing coach and even a hammer-throwing champion. He found his passion as a gymnastics coach largely because of his wife, Márta Károlyi. Together they became a dynamic pair of gymnastics teachers.