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Former Romania and United States coach Bela Karolyi , who trained Nadia Comaneci to become the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 at the Olympics , has died aged 82, USA Gymnastics said late on Saturday.Karolyi, who was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1997, died on Friday but no cause of death was given.Karolyi coached 14-year-old Romanian Comaneci to three gold medals at the 1976 Montreal Olympics and her score of 10.
Karolyi, who was born in Hungary and defected to the US from Romania in 1981, was a member of the coaching staff on five US Olympic teams.He worked with some of the most successful US athletes of the 1980s and 1990s, including Mary Lou Retton who became the first American to win the Olympic all-around title at the 1984 Los Angeles Games.Karolyi was appointed the US national team's coordinator in 1999 before his wife Marta replaced him in 2001.
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