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Nadia Komaneci
The Romanian gymnast, Nadia Komaneci, d
escribed by some as the "fairy of sport,
grace and beauty" became first athlete ever to be awarded 10 points in
gymnastics. As a result of her five medals (three of which were gold),
she was declared the best woman gymnast by the world press. The
tremendous praise she was accorded all round meant that the Romanian
postal authorities had to commemorate her achievement in a special way.
Romania released this stamp in honour of Nadia in 1976.
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Olympic stamp Kaleidoscope
In 1992 during XXV Olympics, India brought out the following four Olympic stamps. The stamp designs revealed various Olympic sports events in a lucid manner.
Olympic Stories Lot-3
- Statue of Pentathlete
- Olympic Music
- Misha - the Mascot
- Nadia Komaneci
- First Olympic Swimmer
- Fencing Hero of Cuba
- Paavo Nurmi
- Olympic Wrestling
- Olympic Walking Race
- Olympic Long Jump
- Jesse Owens
- 1st Winter Oly Winner
- Laszlo Papp-the Boxer
- Bob Mathias
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