Editing Nadia Comăneci (section)

== Early life ==
[[File:Onesti in Romania.png|thumb|left|upright|[[Onești]] (''Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej'' between 1965 and 1989), the town where Comăneci was born]]
Nadia Elena Comăneci was born on November 12, 1961, in [[Onești]], a small town in the [[Carpathian Mountains]], in [[Bacău County]], [[Romania]], in the historical region of [[Western Moldavia]].<ref name=smiled>{{cite web |url=https://serpentstail.com/the-little-communist-who-never-smiled.html |title=The Little Communist Who Never Smiled |access-date=August 27, 2016 |last=Lafon |first=Lola |publisher=[[Serpent's Tail]]/[[Profile Books]] |archive-date=August 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822015041/https://serpentstail.com/the-little-communist-who-never-smiled.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=remind>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/nadia-comaneci-remind-romania-article-1.2740934 |title=Gymnastics legend Nadia Comaneci wants to remind everyone she's from Romania |access-date=September 4, 2016 |date=August 6, 2016 |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]}}</ref> She was born to Gheorghe (1936–2012) and Ștefania Comăneci, and has a younger brother.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gymn-forum.net/Articles/Misc-Comaneci_YA.html |title=Olympic Champion Nadia Comaneci |website=www.gymn-forum.net}}</ref> Her parents separated in the 1970s and her father later moved to [[Bucharest]], the capital.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.evz.ro/tatal-nadiei-comaneci-a-murit-961238.html |title=Nadia Comăneci despre moartea tatălui său: "Este un moment deosebit de greu" |date=January 12, 2012}}</ref> She and her brother, Adrian, were raised in the [[Romanian Orthodox Church]].<ref>Comăneci, p. 5.</ref> In a 2011 interview, her mother said that she enrolled Comăneci into gymnastics classes because, as a child, she was so full of energy and active that she was difficult to manage.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.libertatea.ro/sport/stefania-comaneci-mama-nadiei-sunt-mandra-de-ea-665179 |title=Ştefania Comăneci, mama Nadiei: "Sunt mândră de ea!" &#124; Alte sporturi, Sport |date=November 11, 2011 |website=Libertatea}}</ref> After years of top-level athletic competition, Comăneci graduated from [[Politehnica University of Bucharest]] with a degree in [[Physical education|sports education]], which qualified her to coach gymnastics.<ref>Comăneci, pp. 94 and 121.</ref>