Márta Károlyi
Hungarian-Romanian-USA gymnastics coach / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The native form of this personal name is Károlyi Márta. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
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. Béla and Márta Károlyi have trained nine Olympic champions, fifteen world champions, sixteen European medalists and many U.S. national champions, including Mary Lou Retton, Betty Okino, Kerri Strug, Teodora Ungureanu, Phoebe Mills, Nadia Comăneci,[2] Kim Zmeskal, and Dominique Moceanu.[3]
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Márta Károlyi | |
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Born | Márta Erőss[1] (1942-08-29) August 29, 1942 (age 81) Székelyudvarhely, Kingdom of Hungary (now Odorheiu Secuiesc, Romania) |
Occupation | Gymnastics coach |
Known for | Romanian centralized gymnastics training system and coach to many world champions in Romania and U.S. |
Spouse | |
Children | Andrea Károlyi Wise |
Parent(s) | Júlia Bálint, Ernő Erőss |
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