Nadia and Carol
Nadia Comaneci, (born November 12 1961 Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (now Onesti] Romania) Romanian gymnast who was the first gymnast in history to be awarded a perfect score of 10 points in the Olympic competition. Bela Karrolyi was an Romanian gymnastics instructor who later became Comaneci's coach, first discovered Comaneci at the age of six. The first time she competed at the junior national championships in 1969 placing 13th and she won the competition in 1970. She took home three golds at her debut competition in a junior pre-Olympic meeting in 1972 that was held by communist bloc countries. Between 1973 and 1974 she won the junior champion in all-round competitions. At her first competition as a senior in 1975 she beat the Russian Lyudmila Turishcheva, a five-time European champion, winning 4 gold medals as well as one silver. The year was 1976 when she won the American Cup at the New York City Olympics and became the first woman to ever dismount bars in parallel with a double backward salto. Carol Wayne.........................Carol Wayne was an American film and TV actor best recognized for portraying Art Fern's Tea-Time Movie Lady on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. The story of Carol Wayne in the world of entertainment started as a teenager. Along with her sister Nina Wayne, she joined traveling entertainment shows called Ice Capades. Carol Marie Wayne, born in Chicago Illinois US on 6 September 1942. Carol began her career in the entertainment business as a teen. Her career began by joining her sister Nina Wayne to perform in Ice Capades, a traveling performance. Ice Capades showcased performances of skating on ice with actors.





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