At 13, Nadia Comaneci was the youngest girl gymnast to ever win the European Championship. A protégé of Bela Karolyi, Nadia won the Romanian Junior Championship at the tender age of 9. She mesmerized crowds at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. Her remote personality added to the general air of mystery around her. After battling many ghosts from her past, she escaped from Budapest in 1989 and arrived in New York seeking a free life.