Bela Karolyi

About Bela Karolyi

Nadia Comaneci and Svetlana Boginskaya were among the female gymnasts she coached to Olympic gold medals.

Béla Károlyi is a Romanian-American, Hungarian-born gymnastics trainer. At the beginning of his coaching career, he developed Romania's concentrated training system for gymnastics. One of his first patrons was Nadia Comăneci, the first Olympic gymnast to score a perfect score. Living under the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu, Károlyi frequently clashed with Romanian officials. He and his wife defected to the United States in 1981. Since arriving in the United States, Béla and his wife Márta Károlyi have been credited with the transformation of gymnastics training in the United States and with many of these successes. . Both are the head coach of the United States Women's National Gymnastics Team and the Coordinator of the United States National Gymnastics Team at the Olympic Games.

Spouse(s)	Márta Erőss
Years active	c. 1956 –1997
Citizenship	Romania, United States
Occupation	Gymnastics coach
Known for	Romanian centralized gymnastics training system and coach to European, World and Olympic gymnasts
Children	Andrea Wise
Born	September 13, 1942, Kolozsvár, Kingdom of Hungary (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Alma mater	Romania College of Physical Education
Employer	Romanian Gymnastics Federation, U.S. Gymnastics Federation

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Trivia

He and his wife, Marta Eross, both became gymnastics coaches.

Bela Karolyi before fame

He created a gymnastics training program, and one of his first students was Nadia Comaneci.

Achievement of Bela Karolyi

Marta Eross, his wife, also became a gymnastics instructor.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$10 Million

Bela Karolyi family life

In 1942, he was born in the Romanian town of Kolozsvar (now Cluj-Napoca).

Associations of Bela Karolyi

He coached Olympic gold medallist Mary Lou Retton.

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