Nadia Comaneci, Romanian gymnast who was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic event. At the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, she received seven perfect scores and won gold medals in the balance beam, the uneven parallel bars, and the all-around competition. She also won gold at the 1980 Games.
Nadia Comaneci made history on this day, July 18, 1976, scoring the first-ever perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics history. She won three gold medals during that Olympics.