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American gymnast

Bart Conner
Conner at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	(1958-03-28) March 28, 1958 (age 65)
Hometown	Morton Grove, Illinois, U.S.
Residence	Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.
Spouse	Nadia Comăneci ​ (m. 1996)​
Height	5 ft half-dozen in (168 cm)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
College team	Oklahoma Sooners
Caput omnibus(es)	Paul Ziert
Medal record Men's artistic gymnastics Representing the United States Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Squad 1984 Los Angeles Parallel confined World Championships 1979 Ft. Worth Parallel bars 1979 Ft. Worth Vault 1979 Ft. Worth Team contest Pan American Games 1975 Mexico City Rings 1975 United mexican states City Floor practise American Cup 1976 New York All-Around 1978 New York All-Effectually 1980 New York Accommodating 1981 Fort Worth Accommodating 1982 New York All-around

Bart Wayne Conner ^[1] (born March 28, 1958) is a retired American Olympic gymnast. Every bit a member of the U.s. men's gymnastics team at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games, Conner won ii gilded medals. He owns and operates the Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy in Norman, Oklahoma, along with his wife, Romanian Olympic gold medalist Nadia Comăneci. In addition, both Comăneci and Conner are highly involved with the Special Olympics.^{[2] [3]}

Early life and education [edit]

Conner was born on March 28, 1958, the son of Harold Conner and Jacqueline May (née Hulsey, later Wolthausen; 1931-2000), and grew up in Morton Grove, Illinois.^{[4] [v] [6] [seven]} He has 2 siblings, Michael and Bruce. He first became involved in gymnastics at school and his local YMCA. He was later on the gymnastics team at Niles West High Schoolhouse, where he graduated in 1976.^[viii]

He later attended the University of Oklahoma to work with coach Paul Ziert on the gymnastics team.^[9] He somewhen graduated from OU in 1984, where he was an All-American and won the 1981 Nissen Award as America's all-time gymnast.^[10]

Gymnastics career [edit]

He won the 1972 U.Southward. Junior National Championships when he was 14 and the U.S. Gymnastics Federation Accommodating championship when he was 17, and was the youngest fellow member of the Olympic squad during the 1976 Summer Olympics.^[4] He also won a team all-effectually golden medal at the 1975 Pan American Games.^[ten]

Although he qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics, he was unable to participate due to the boycott.^[11] 4 years later, in the 1984 Summer Olympics, he won 2 gilded medals for the team all-around and for the men'southward parallel bars.^[4] His win on the parallel bars helped the U.South. win its first men's Olympic gymnastic aureate medal in fourscore years.^[12] He demonstrated an original move called the "Conner spin" during the 1984 Olympics.^[10] He appeared as "Bart Taylor" in the 1986 pic Rad.

Honors [edit]

Conner is a highly decorated gymnast who has won "medals at every level of national and international competition." Some of his honors include "induction into the USOC Olympic Hall of Fame (1991), the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame (1996), Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame (1997), and the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame (1997)."^[4] While Connor did not compete in the 1980 games, he was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Aureate Medal many years afterward.^[xiii]

Personal life [edit]

On November 27, 1989, Nadia Comăneci, the famous Romanian gymnast Conner had met at the 1976 Montreal games, defected from Romania with a group of other Romanians. In January 1990, when Conner read in the paper that she was scheduled to be interviewed on The Pat Sajak Bear witness, he contacted the producer and arranged to make a guest appearance on the prove.^[14] Conner liked the idea of surprising Comăneci: "I'm thinking if she's going to be on Sajak, I might as well get out in that location and say, 'Hey, Nads,' " ^[14] Actually, Comăneci was in an abusive relationship with the person who had led the escape group and who was acting as her current managing director and promoter. Conner sensed her fearfulness of this person and reached out to assist. Co-ordinate to a 1996 New York Times commodity, "He helped brand the connections that eventually led to her escape from that calumniating human relationship, and a new life in Montreal with a Romanian rugby coach and his family. For a year, they were telephone pals."^[15]

Later on in 1990, Conner interviewed her for ABC. A few months later, Conner was invited to her 29th birthday party, after which they developed a long-distance friendship. When a mutual friend died in an blow in 1991, Conner invited Comăneci to come up to Oklahoma to help him run a gymnastics schoolhouse. They were together for four years before they became engaged. On Apr 27, 1996, Conner and Comăneci were married in a anniversary in Bucharest that was televised live throughout Romania. Their wedding ceremony reception was held in the one-time presidential palace.^[sixteen] Conner and Comăneci accept one child, a son named Dylan Paul Conner who was born on June three, 2006, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.^{[17] [eighteen]}

Books [edit]

• Conner, Bart with Paul Ziert. Winning the Aureate. Warner Books, 1985.

See also [edit]

•  Biography portal

References [edit]

1. ^ "Conner, Bart Wayne | 2012". oklahomahof.com . Retrieved 2019-09-27 .
2. ^ "Nadia Comaneci, Global Administrator". Archived from the original on 2014-12-09. Retrieved 2016-10-16 .
3. ^ "On Mats, Bars and Boards, Bart Conner and Nadia Comaneci Pb past Example". Archived from the original on 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2016-10-16 .
4. ^ ^{a b c d} "CONNER, BART (1958– )". Oklahoma Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
5. ^ "Death Notice: CALVIN GEORGE WOLTHAUSEN". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 2019-09-27 .
6. ^ Gottesman, Walter. "JACKIE CONNER-WOLTHAUSEN, 68, Mother OF OLYMPIAN". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 2019-09-27 .
7. ^ "Gymnasts to Say Vows in Romanaian Capital". Oklahoman.com. 1996-02-25. Retrieved 2019-09-27 .
8. ^ Goldwyn, Nick (September 6, 2011). "Q & A with Bart Conner, Olympic Gold Medalist". Niles West News.
9. ^ Bailey, Dean (August xiii, 1984). "Bart's Trials Conner Says Conflict Preceded Aureate Feats". The Oklahoman.
10. ^ ^{a b c} "Bart Conner". SR Olympic Sports. Archived from the original on 2016-06-22.
11. ^ Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry (2008). Cold-shoulder: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN978-0942257403.
12. ^ "1984 Summertime Olympic Games". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2016-08-28.
13. ^ Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry (2008). Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN978-0942257403.
14. ^ ^{a b} Rohde, John (January 24, 1990). "Bart Gets The Scoop On Nadia". The Oklahoman. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
15. ^ ii Gymnasts Flip and Fall for Each Other, New York Times (athenaeum), Robert Lipsyte, April 5, 1996.
16. ^ "Nadia Tumbles over Wedding" Cincinnati Post, April half-dozen, 1996
17. ^ "Nadia Comăneci, Bart Conner Accept a Male child People, June six, 2006
18. ^ "Former Gymnasts Nadia Comăneci and Bart Conner Baptized Their Offset Kid, Dylan Paul" Archived 2014-07-26 at the Wayback Machine Catalina Iancu, Jurnalul National, August 28, 2006

Cited sources [edit]

• Comăneci, Nadia (2004). Letters to a Immature Gymnast . Art of Mentoring. Basic Books. ISBN0-465-01276-0.

External links [edit]

Video clips:

• The Adorable Mode This Olympic Couple Showtime Met | Where Are They Now | Oprah Winfrey Network - Oprah Winfrey Network (U.S. Television receiver aqueduct), 2016
• Nadia Comaneci & Bart Conner Commentate on Their Perfect Olympic Routines | Accept the Mic – The Olympic Channel, 2016
• Nadia Comaneci and Bart Conner, 11 Olympic Medals in this Olympic Family – The Olympic Channel, 2016

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Conner

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