Nadia's Perfect 10

July 18, 1976 — In Montreal, 14-year-old Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci stunned the world by earning the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics history, on the uneven bars. The scoreboard, unable to display four digits, famously showed her score as “1.00.”

Comăneci had been discovered at age six by coach Béla Károlyi, who spotted her tumbling in a schoolyard. Under his guidance, she developed into a gymnast of astonishing precision and grace.

In Montreal, she went on to record seven perfect 10s and claimed three gold medals. Across her Olympic career, she would amass five golds, three silvers, and one bronze, securing her place as one of the greatest gymnasts of all time.