Béla Károlyi (Hungarian: [ˈbeːlɒ ˈkaːroji]; born September 13, 1942) is an ethnic Hungarian Romanian-American gymnastics coach. Early in his coaching career...

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...

György Miklós Károlyi de Nagykároly (Hungarian: gróf nagykárolyi Károlyi Mihály Ádám György Miklós; English: Michael Adam George Nicholas Károlyi; or in short...

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...

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...

to attend Béla Károlyi's experimental gymnastics school, after Károlyi spotted her and a friend turning cartwheels in a schoolyard. Károlyi was looking...

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...

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...

brother, Eric. From a young age, Zmeskal trained with coaching great Béla Károlyi, who had bought Sundance Gymnastics in Zmeskal's Houston neighborhood...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Romanian Nadia Comăneci was discovered by domineering gymnastics coach Béla Károlyi. Károlyi and his wife Márta trained Comăneci in their gymnastics school for...

under Romanians Béla and Márta Károlyi, who had coached Nadia Comăneci before their defection to the United States. Under the Károlyis, Retton soon began...

Lovell Coaches Francis Allen (Men's artistic head coach) Fred Roethlisberger (Men's artistic assistant coach) Béla Károlyi (Women's artistic head coach)...

politician Béla Lugosi (1882–1956), Hungarian-American actor Bela Lugosi, Jr. (born 1938), American lawyer Béla Macourek (1889–?), Hungarian flying ace Béla Magyari...

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...

second in the all-around at the Olympic Trials. She was also named by Béla Károlyi as one of three leaders of the 2000 team, the other two being Ray and...

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...

included Orange County Choppers Paul Teutul Sr. and Michael Teutul, Béla Károlyi, Fred Willard, Paul Sorvino, and Mike Ditka. 2010 and 2011 celebrities...

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...

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...

is married and has a young daughter. Mills was coached by Marta and Béla Károlyi in Houston, Texas. She attended her first U.S. Nationals in 1984, finishing...

policies of the national team coordinator, Béla Károlyi, whom she called a "puppeteer". Her opinions about Károlyi, which were echoed by some of her teammates...

Koji Gushiken Fabian Hambüchen Paul Hamm Takuji Hayata Ivan Ivankov Béla Károlyi Shigeru Kasamatsu Sawao Katō Eizo Kenmotsu Ihor Korobchynskyi Yuri Korolyov...

Lovell Coaches Francis Allen (Men's artistic head coach) Fred Roethlisberger (Men's artistic assistant coach) Béla Károlyi (Women's artistic head coach)...

secured the gold medal, Strug was encouraged by her coach, Béla Károlyi, to vault again. Karolyi continuously chanted, "you can do it, Kerri!" which later...

hour before the competition, she fell and broke two of her toes. Coach Bela Karolyi yelled at Stack for this, telling her, "I have to single you out in the...

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...