[Col.J.DOMARD GYMNASTIC] Original Photo Nadia Comaneci Olympic Games Moscow 80

Description: [GYMNASTICS - OLYMPIC GAMES]A legend of gymnastics...1 Original PhotographNadia COMANECIborn in 1961the podium of Women's general individual competitionto the Olympic Games of Moscow in 1980Nadia COMANECI Silver medal, ex-aequo with Maxi GNAUCK (RDA)Yelena DAVYDOVA (USSR) wins Gold!Vintage Argentic print -Size: about 17.8x13cmPhoto taken at the Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980-The years after the 1976 Montreal OlympicsNadia Comaneci retains her title of European champion in the all-around in 1977 but a decision by Ceausescu orders the gymnasts to return to the country before the end of the competition due to ratings controversies.After these European Championships, the Romanian Gymnastics Federation decides that Nadia Comaneci must leave her coaches, the Karolyi, to settle in Bucharest at the sports complex on August 23. This change of place of training and the divorce of his parents do not put Comaneci in good conditions to repeat his performances because of the stress caused and his discomfort at this time. This is confirmed during the 1978 world championships in Strasbourg, where she appears overweight and out of shape. Due to a fall on the uneven bars, she finished only fourth in the all-around, behind Elena Mukhina, Nellie Kim, and Natalia Shaposhnikova, but won the only individual title of her career at the world championships on the beam.After these world championships, Comaneci was finally allowed to return to training with the Karolyi. In 1979, she won her third consecutive all-around title at the European Championships, becoming the first gymnast to achieve this performance, men and women alike. At the 1979 World Championships, she suffered food poisoning with her team and was hospitalized. Against medical advice, she took part in the competition and won the beam event with a score of 9.95, allowing the Romanian team to win the team gold medal. After this event, she returned to the hospital for several days for treatment and underwent surgery due to an infection on her hand where an abscess had developed.In 1980, Comaneci took part in its second Olympic Games held in Moscow. She took the silver medal in the all-around behind Yelena Davydova, however she retained her Olympic title on the balance beam and shared the gold medal with Nellie Kim in the floor exercises.She also won the silver medal in the all-around team competition.In 1981, Comaneci decided to retire from sport. The official retirement ceremony took place in Bucharest in 1984, and she became a member of the International Olympic Committee-Photo Philippe COTTRET(its blue stamp on the back)Various inscriptions (name of the Gymnasts, etc...) on the back-Good general condition, clean creases or usual miscellaneous minor rubbing to edges or corners Small traces of miscellaneous handlingsee visuals...Stunning,Very rare document!Sold in the condition described, as found[Provenance CollectionJean Domard, 1932-2015]Nadia Elena Comaneci(born in Onesti - November 12, 1961)is a Romanian gymnast and the first gymnast ever to achieve the perfect score of 10 at the Olympics(Montreal, 1976 at the age of 14).She is one of the most renowned gymnasts in the world and has given a dimensionpopular and unparalleled media to this sport. - To follow on ebay...other rare books and documents from the same provenance will be sold soonon the pioneers of Gymnastics, Education and Physical Culture, Fencing, etc... As always, combined shipping in case of multiple purchases... After these European Championships, the Romanian Gymnastics Federation decides that Nadia Comaneci must leave her coaches, the Karolyi, to settle in Bucharest at the sports complex on August 23. This change of place of training and the divorce of his parents do not put Comaneci in good conditions to repeat his performances because of the stress caused and his discomfort at this time. This is confirmed during the 1978 world championships in Strasbourg, where she appears overweight and out of shape. Due to a fall on the uneven bars, she finished only fourth in the all-around, behind Elena Mukhina, Nellie Kim, and Natalia Shaposhnikova, but won the only individual title of her career at the world championships on the beam. At the 1979 World Championships, she suffered food poisoning with herAfter these European Championships, the Romanian Gymnastics Federation decides that Nadia Comaneci must leave her coaches, the Karolyi, to settle in Bucharest at the sports complex on August 23. This change of place of training and the divorce of his parents do not put Comaneci in good conditions to repeat his performances because of the stress caused and his discomfort at this time. This is confirmed during the 1978 world championships in Strasbourg, where she appears overweight and out of shape. Due to a fall on the uneven bars, she finished only fourth in the all-around, behind Elena Mukhina, Nellie Kim, and Natalia Shaposhnikova, but won the only individual title of her career at the world championships on the beam. At the 1979 World Championships, she suffered food poisoning with her

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