National Hero
Romania was overjoyed at Nadia Comăneci’s achievements while representing her country, and on her return home, she was welcomed as a National Hero. No other Romanian athlete had achieved such gigantic feats and achieved what she had. Nadia was awarded the “Sickle and Hammer Gold Medal” by Nicolae Ceaușescu, the country’s president at the time, indicating her as a “Socialist Labor” hero. There were rumors that her family got an entire month off work, and that they had received a car from the government.
National Hero
Nadia Comăneci Devotion
Cinematographer Robert Riger compiled a video montage of Nadia’s 1976 Olympic Games performance, accompanied by a 1971 hit song “Cotton’s Dream”, which was composed by Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr. The song soon became synonymous with Nadia Comăneci and her outstanding achievements, which also pushed the song up the charts, and sooner or later became known as “Nadia’s Theme”.
Nadia Comăneci Devotion
