Béla Károlyi
September 13, 1942 (84 years old) in
Béla Károlyi (September 13, 1942 – November 15, 2024) was a Romanian and American gymnastics coach of Hungarian descent. Early in his coaching career he developed the Romanian centralized training system for gymnastics. One of his earliest protégés was Nadia Comăneci, the first Olympic Games gymnast to be awarded a perfect score. Living under the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu, Károlyi frequently clashed with Romanian officials. He and his wife defected to the United States in 1981.
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Credits
- 2016 · Karolyi as Béla Károlyi
- 2016 · Nadia Comăneci: The Gymnast and the Dictator as Self
- 2003 · Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle as Béla Károlyi
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1985 · 16 Days of Glory as Self
- 1958 · The Smugglers as
- 1957 · Spiral Staircase as
- 1955 · 2x2 Are Sometimes 5 as
- 1951 · Full Steam, Ahead! as
- 1951 · Honour and Glory as