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Márta Károlyi (Hungarian: [ˈmaːrtɒ ˈkaːroji]; née Erőss; born August 29, 1942) is a Hungarian-American gymnastics coach and the former national team coordinator for USA Gymnastics. She and her husband, Béla, are ethnic Hungarians from Transylvania, Romania, who trained athletes in Romania before defecting to the United ...
Jul 27, 2021 · Romanian power couple Bela and Martha became well-known in the sport of gymnastics after their star athlete Nadia Comaneci scored a perfect 10 at the 1976 Olympic Games. After clashing with Romanian Federation officials, the pair defected to America in 1981 and began a new life in Houston as gymnastics coaches.
Jun 24, 2020 · After Bela and Martha’s coaching helped the U.S. women’s gymnastics team take home nine medals in the 2016 Rio Olympics, they were on a high note and were planning to sell off their ranch to USAG and retire for good. But, as soon as they returned, they got embroiled in the sex scandal.
Aug 10, 2016 · RIO DE JANEIRO — In her 11 Olympics as a coach or leader of a gymnastics team, Martha Karolyi, the often stone-faced and certainly serious coordinator of the United States women’s gymnastics...
Aug 16, 2016 · Marta Karolyi hugs the U.S. women’s gymnasts after their gold medal in the 2016 team competition. (Getty) But how did Bela and Marta even reach this point in their careers? And why was...
Aug 12, 2016 · Marta Karolyi, the national team coordinator for USA Gymnastics, looks at the scoreboard along with (from right) Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and Gabby Douglas during the women's qualification on...
Oct 4, 2016 · Martha and Béla Kérolyi have coached top American gymnasts since defecting to the country in 1981. From the confines of their ranch in Huntsville, Texas, the husband and wife team eventually...
