She was the first person in Olympic history to score a perfect 10. She received the first perfect 10 for her performance on the uneven bars, where the computerized scoreboard could not register her perfect 10 and was only able to show 1.00 point.
She remains today the most well-known gymnast in gymnastic
history.
Scored 7 perfect 10s at the 1976 Olympics Games.
She is the only person to have received the International Olympics Committee highest honor the Olympic Order twice (1984 and 2004) and
the youngest recipient on record.
Was married to American gymnast Bart Conner in Bucharest, Romania on 4-27-1996.
Do not pray for an easy life, pray to be a strong person.
I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.
One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989.