Bela Karolyi, left, defected to the United States in 1981 and over the next 30-plus years became a guiding force in American gymnastics, though not without controversy.
Bela Karolyi, the charismatic if polarizing gymnastics coach who turned young women into champions and the United States into an international power, has died. He was 82. Bela Karolyi, the charismatic if polarizing gymnastics coach who turned young women into champions and the United States into an international power, has died. He was 82.Karolyi and wife Martha trained multiple Olympic gold medallists and world champions in the U.S. and Romania, including Nadia Comaneci and Mary Lou Retton.
The Karolyis defected to the United States in 1981 and over the next 30-plus years became a guiding force in American gymnastics, though not without controversy.
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