nadia comaneci
The first AMERICAN gymnast to score a perfect '10' was Mitch Gaylord in 1984
Nadia Comaneci was the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 in Olympic competition.
Nadia Comaneci of Romania in 1972.
Nadia Comăneci of Romania was the first female gymnast to score a perfect 10 in a major competition. She did so at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
He was the the first male gymnast to score a perfect 10 at the Olympics.
Nadia comaneci
Now with the new scoring system a gymnast has no limit of what score he or she can get although the highest score used to be a 10
Nadia Comaneci, A Romanian Gymnast, winner of 3 olympic gold medals was the first ever to achieve a perfect 10 in Gymnastics.
2 records. She was the first gymnast to ever score a perfect 10 and the youngest Olympian to receive a Olympic gold medal.
In her first Olympics Nadia Comaneci left with 7 perfect 10's, 3 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal.
The scoring changed in 2006. A gymnasts score is composed of a Difficulty score and an execution score. The difficulty score is based on the skills in the routine The execution is scored out of 10. The gymnast starts at a 10 for this score and then deductions are taken from that 10. Example: D:6.7 E:9.325 Score:16.025
she was the first gymnast to get a 10 in the Olympics