Bela Karolyi, one of the United States' most eminent gymnastics coaches alongside wife Márta, has died at age 82, a ...
In one memorable from his career, the controversial coach urged Kerri Strug to complete a vault on an injured ankle at the ...
Bela Karolyi, the famed gymnastics coach who defected from Romania and turned USA Gymnastics into a dominating force, has died.
Bela Karolyi, the former USA Gymnastics coach who led multiple Olympic gold medalists to victory in Romania and the US, including Mary Lou Retton in 1984, died on Friday, November 15, 2024.
Bela Karolyi, the charismatic if polarizing gymnastics coach who turned young women into champions and the United States into ...
Bela Karolyi, the legendary and controversial Romanian American gymnastics coach who helped lead Mary Lou Retton, Nadia Comaneci and Kerri Strug to Olympic gold, has died, USA Gymnastics announced. He ...
Former American and Romanian gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi died on Friday at age 82, according to USA Gymnastics. Karolyi and ...
Karolyi was born in what is now Romania in 1942, and rose quickly through the Romanian dictatorship's coaching ranks. In 1976, he coached Nadia Comaneci to three gold medals at the Summer Olympics in ...