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Márta Károlyi ( Hungarian: [ˈmaːrtɒ ˈkaːroji]; née Erőss; born August 29, 1942) is a Hungarian-American gymnastics coach and the former national team coordinator for USA Gymnastics. She and her husband, Béla, are ethnic Hungarians from Transylvania, Romania, who trained athletes in Romania before defecting to the United States in 1981.
Aug 5, 2016 · Every month since late 1999, young Olympic hopefuls have journeyed down to the Sam Houston National Forest in Texas, just outside of Huntsville—or New Waverly, depending on your map—for national...
- Dvora Meyers
Aug 8, 2016 · Martha and Bela Karolyi trained and worked with 28 Olympians since training Nadia Comaneci leading up to her perfect 10 in the 1976 games
Aug 16, 2016 · Marta Karolyi hugs the U.S. women’s gymnasts after their gold medal in the 2016 team competition. (Getty) But how did Bela and Marta even reach this point in their careers? And why was Marta so...
- Tanner Walters
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Aug 8, 2016 · In her place, Bela and Martha Karolyi will leave a system that has changed gymnastics in America. “After 56 years, I believe it’s enough,” says Bela Karolyi.
Aug 16, 2016 · Marta and Bela met as college students in Romania and were married shortly after graduation in 1963. She was a former gymnast. He was a boxer and hammer thrower.
Aug 10, 2016 · RIO DE JANEIRO — In her 11 Olympics as a coach or leader of a gymnastics team, Martha Karolyi, the often stone-faced and certainly serious coordinator of the United States women’s gymnastics...
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