Editing Nadia Comăneci (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:P093009CK-0293 (3969427553).jpg |thumb|Comăneci and her husband [[Bart Conner]] meeting First Lady [[Michelle Obama]], 2009]]
On the night of November 27, 1989, a few weeks before the [[Romanian revolution]], Comăneci defected with a group of other Romanians, crossing the [[Hungary–Romania border]] around [[Cenad]]. They were guided by Constantin Panait, a Romanian who later became an American citizen after defecting. Their journey was mostly on foot and at night. They traveled through [[Hungary]] and [[Austria]] and finally were able to take a plane to the United States.<ref name=Fischer/><ref name="InterGym" /><ref>Comăneci, pp. 137–148.</ref><ref name=fugit>{{cite news |url=https://www.gsp.ro/sporturi/gimnastica/cum-a-fugit-nadia-comaneci-din-romania-628949.html |title=Cum a fugit Nadia Comăneci din România |access-date=May 14, 2021 |date=April 12, 2021 |newspaper=Gazeta Sporturilor}}</ref>

Comăneci moved to Oklahoma in 1991 to help her friend [[Bart Conner]], another Olympic gold medalist, with his gymnastics school. She lived with the family of [[Paul Ziert]] and eventually hired him as her manager.<ref>Comăneci, pp. 160–162.</ref> Comăneci and Conner were together for four years before they became engaged, marrying in 1996.<ref>Comăneci, pp. 162–164.</ref> She returned to [[Romania]] for their wedding, which was held in [[Bucharest]]. This was after the fall of the [[Communist Romania|Communist regime]] and the establishment of a democratic Romania; the government welcomed her as a national hero. The wedding was televised live in Romania, and the couple's reception was held in the former presidential palace.<ref name="InterGym" /><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121020031214/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-72893201.html "Nadia Tumbles over Wedding"] ''Cincinnati Post,'' April 6, 1996.</ref> Comăneci became a naturalized US citizen in 2001 while retaining her Romanian citizenship.<ref>{{cite web |date=July 14, 2016 |title=Nadia Comaneci on Winning Carnegie's Great Immigrant Award |url=http://www.oprah.com/wherearetheynow/nadia-comaneci-on-winning-carnegies-great-immigrant-award-video |access-date=March 20, 2018 |website=Oprah.com}}</ref> In 2006, the couple's son Dylan was born.<ref>[http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1201186,00.html "Nadia Comăneci, Bart Conner Have a Boy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921035444/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1201186,00.html|date=September 21, 2016}}, ''People,'' June 6, 2006.</ref><ref>[http://jurnalul.ro/vechiul-site/old-site/english-version/former-gymnasts-nadia-comaneci-and-bart-conner-baptized-their-first-child-dylan-paul-13602.html "Former Gymnasts Nadia Comăneci and Bart Conner Baptized Their First Child, Dylan Paul"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726194240/http://jurnalul.ro/vechiul-site/old-site/english-version/former-gymnasts-nadia-comaneci-and-bart-conner-baptized-their-first-child-dylan-paul-13602.html|date=July 26, 2014}}, Catalina Iancu, ''Jurnalul National,'' August 28, 2006.</ref>

On May 18, 1997, Comăneci and Conner guest-starred on the [[Touched by an Angel season 3|season 3]] finale of ''[[Touched by an Angel]]'', titled "A Delicate Balance," where they performed a brief floor exercise within a montage scene.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/touched_by_an_angel/s03/e28 |title=Touched by an Angel: Season 3 Episode 28 |work=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref>

Since 1994, the Nadia Comăneci International Invitational has welcomed gymnasts ranging from USAG level 4 to level 10. The competition also hosted international elite competition in the mid-2010s, with [[Rebeca Andrade]] being a notable attendee in 2013 among others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bartconnergymnastics.com/index.php?hosted-meets|title=Hosted Meets &#124; Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy|website=www.bartconnergymnastics.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=February 17, 2013 |title=2013 Nadia Comaneci Invitational Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2013/02/16/2013-nadia-comaneci-invitational-results/}}</ref>

She was the featured speaker at the 50th annual Independence Day Naturalization Ceremony on July 4, 2012, at [[Monticello]], the first athlete invited to speak in the history of the ceremony.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.monticello.org/site/press/olympic-champion-nadia-com%C4%83neci-be-featured-july-4-speaker-monticello |title=Olympic champion Nadia Comăneci to be featured July 4 speaker at Monticello |date=May 11, 2012 |publisher=monticello.org |access-date=April 21, 2013 |archive-date=September 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918015351/https://www.monticello.org/site/press/olympic-champion-nadia-com%C4%83neci-be-featured-july-4-speaker-monticello |url-status=dead}}</ref>