Nadia Comaneci
When she competed for the Olympics in 1976 in Montréal, Nadia Comaneci caused quite a stir. After the judges gave her a perfect score since it was the first time it has ever happened she went down in history. During the 1976 and the 1980 games, she is widely known as one of the greatest Olympians, because she managed to hurdle a gold and a silver medal. Comaneci married Bart Conner, an American gymnast who is an Olympic gold medalist as well. The couple now owns a fitness center and participate in philanthropy. And in October 2017, an area in the Olympic Park in Montreal was renamed “Place Nadia Comaneci” in her honor.
Nadia Comaneci
Mark Spitz
Many might underestimate the incredibility of Michael Phelps breaking down the swimming records of Mark Spitz, but do not overlook the fact that the American superstar athlete of the seventies was once known to have been untouchable for decades. Hearing him speak may sound as American as apple pie, but he was born in Russia. When he was just two years old, he moved to America and dipped his arms and practiced strokes in Hawaii for the first time. He eventually moved and refined his art in Sacramento, California. He won nine gold medals all in all.
Mark Spitz