Comaneci, who defected to the United States in 1989 just before the Romanian revolution overthrew dictator Nicolae Ceaucescu, is now a 46-year-old mother married to former US gold medal winning gymnast Bart Conner.
Email this page
With Conner she runs a gymnastics academy and an equipment company in Oklahoma.
"I basically have my life today as a result of what I did as a child. What did I miss out on? Yeah, I missed not hanging out at shopping malls, I guess, but that is not a big deal because you don't get a medal for that," she said.
Olympic Athletes' village opens
"When I look back I am happy that my mum took me to the gymnastics club. I didn't join gymnastics to become a famous athlete or celebrity, it just happened -- I did more than I expected of course," she said.
Advertisement
