Showing posts with label Romania. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Romania. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Ciprian Manolescu

Country of origin: Romania
Ciprian Manolescu (born December 24, 1978) is a Romanian mathematician. He is presently an Associate Professor in the mathematics department at the University of California, Los Angeles.
To read more about Ciprian Manolescu, visit his Wikipedia page, or his page at UCLA.

Friday, March 11, 2011

Nadia Comăneci

Country of origin: Romania

Nadia Elena Comăneci (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈnadi.a koməˈnet͡ʃʲ]; born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian gymnast, winner of three Olympic gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and the first gymnast ever to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event. She is also the winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. She is one of the best-known gymnasts in the world. In 2000 Comăneci was named as one of the athletes of the century by the Laureus World Sports Academy.

To read more about Nadia Comăneci, see her page on Wikipedia.