Béla Károlyi (Hungarian: [ˈbeːlɒ ˈkaːroji]; born September 13, 1942) is a former gymnastics coach; he is an ethnic Hungarian Romanian-American. Early in...
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defected with the Károlyis, have made similar charges of physical abuse. When asked in 2008 to comment on the allegations, Béla Károlyi said: "I ignore...
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György Miklós Károlyi de Nagykároly (Hungarian: gróf nagykárolyi Károlyi Mihály Ádám György Miklós; English: Michael Adam George Nicholas Károlyi; or in short...
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budding gymnast Julissa a chance to train with renowned gymnastics coach Béla Károlyi in Houston. At the 1986 U.S. Championships, she placed fourth in the...
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gymnastics disciplines. In 1983, following his defection to the U.S., Béla Károlyi purchased 40 acres of the Sam Houston National Forest, where the camp...
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to attend Béla Károlyi's experimental gymnastics school, after Károlyi spotted her and a friend turning cartwheels in a schoolyard. Károlyi was looking...
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January 1991, when she moved to Houston, Texas, to train with coach Béla Károlyi. At that time, she also joined the United States National Team. In 1992...
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the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Moceanu trained under Marta and Béla Károlyi, and later Luminița Miscenco and Mary Lee Tracy. She earned her first...
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brother, Eric. From a young age, Zmeskal trained with coaching great Béla Károlyi, who had bought Sundance Gymnastics in Zmeskal's Houston neighborhood...
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under Romanians Béla and Márta Károlyi, who had coached Nadia Comăneci before their defection to the United States. Under the Károlyis, Retton soon began...
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politician Béla Lugosi (1882–1956), Hungarian-American actor Bela Lugosi, Jr. (born 1938), American lawyer Béla Macourek (1889–?), Hungarian flying ace Béla Magyari...
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gymnastics. One of the original members of the "Károlyi six-pack", Grivich trained under Béla Károlyi in Houston. In her first season at the senior level...
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Championships. In 1990, Okino moved to Houston to train with Marta and Béla Károlyi. She placed second in the all-around and won the balance beam title at...
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Béla Kun (Hungarian: Kun Béla, born Béla Kohn; 20 February 1886 – 29 August 1938) was a Hungarian communist revolutionary and politician who governed the...
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Olympics, Johnson moved to Houston, Texas, to be coached by Marta and Béla Károlyi. She placed sixth at the 1988 US Nationals and fourth at the Olympic...
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included Orange County Choppers Paul Teutul Sr. and Michael Teutul, Béla Károlyi, Fred Willard, Paul Sorvino, and Mike Ditka. 2010 and 2011 celebrities...
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Romania, on 9 May 1972. She began gymnastics at age 6 and was coached by Béla Károlyi for six months before his defection in 1981. Silivaș won her school's...
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Romanian Nadia Comăneci was discovered by domineering gymnastics coach Béla Károlyi. Károlyi and his wife Márta trained Comăneci in their gymnastics school for...
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Judita Varkony and Pavel Rosenfeld, and later was trained by Béla Károlyi and Márta Károlyi, before they defected from Romania to the United States in 1981...
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Bucharest until she was 12, when she joined the gymnastics school run by Béla Károlyi and his wife, Márta. At her first Romanian National Championships, in...
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the first Soviet player to defect to play in the NHL. Béla Károlyi and his wife Márta Károlyi, Romanian gymnastics coaches (of Nadia Comăneci and Mary...
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Chili Peppers (Anthony Kiedis and Flea) – presented Best Dance Video Béla Károlyi – appeared in several backstage vignettes with Lars Ulrich and Hootie...
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Cosma and Mihai Agoston. Later she trained with Márta and Béla Károlyi. After the Károlyis' defection to the United States in 1981, she was coached by...
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Men's Francis Allen (Head coach) Fred Roethlisberger (Asst. coach) Women's Béla Károlyi (Head coach)...
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Dianne Durham (section Training with the Károlyis)
Durham left the Károlyi program to train with Scott Krause in Fort Worth, Texas. But after a weak showing at the US Nationals, Károlyi approached her with...
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Koji Gushiken Fabian Hambüchen Paul Hamm Takuji Hayata Ivan Ivankov Béla Károlyi Shigeru Kasamatsu Sawao Katō Eizo Kenmotsu Ihor Korobchynskyi Yuri Korolyov...
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the Atlanta School of Gymnastics, and to Houston, Texas to train with Béla Károlyi. She also trained at Parkettes in Allentown, Pennsylvania. As a junior...
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Men's Francis Allen (Head coach) Fred Roethlisberger (Asst. coach) Women's Béla Károlyi (Head coach)...
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Koji Gushiken Fabian Hambüchen Paul Hamm Takuji Hayata Ivan Ivankov Béla Károlyi Shigeru Kasamatsu Sawao Katō Eizo Kenmotsu Ihor Korobchynskyi Yuri Korolyov...
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minister Béla Kun, who maintained direct contact with Vladimir Lenin via radiotelegraph. It was Lenin who gave the direct orders and advice to Béla Kun via...
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