Bela Karolyi Autographs
Béla Károlyi (Hungarian: ; September 13, 1942 – November 15, 2024) was a Romanian and American gymnastics coach of Hungarian origin. Early in his coaching career he developed the Romanian centralized training system for gymnastics. One of his earliest protégés was Nadia Comăneci, the first Olympic Games gymnast to be awarded a perfect score. Living under the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu, Károlyi frequently clashed with Romanian officials. He and his wife defected to the United States in 1981.
After their arrival in the United States, Béla and his wife Márta Károlyi were credited with transforming the coaching of gymnastics in the U.S. and bringing major international success. They were each a coach for the United States women's national gymnastics team, as well as national team coordinators for United States gymnastics at the Olympic Games. They have been severely criticized for their coaching style, which many gymnasts have called abusive. They claim to have been unaware that Larry Nassar, the national gymnastics team doctor who was convicted of sexual assault of minors, was assaulting young female gymnasts in their care at their Karolyi Ranch training facility in the Sam Houston National Forest in Texas. Athlete A, a documentary about the scandal, is a 2020 film which covers the Karolyis and their ranch.
Károlyi coached many notable national, European, Olympic gymnasts as well as those from the World Gymnastics Championships including Nadia Comăneci, Ecaterina Szabo, Mary Lou Retton, Julianne McNamara, Betty Okino, Teodora Ungureanu, Kim Zmeskal, Kristie Phillips, Dominique Moceanu, Phoebe Mills, and Kerri Strug. He coached nine Olympic champions, fifteen world champions, sixteen European medalists, and six U.S. national champions. He was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1997. Béla and Márta Károlyi as a coaching team were inducted into the US Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2000.
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Current items with a signature of Bela Karolyi
These are the most current items with a signature of Bela Karolyi that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | BELA KAROLYI SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED 8x10 PHOTO + HOF 1997 GYMNASTICS COACH PSA/DNA | $115.00 |  |
Traded items with a signature of Bela Karolyi
The most expensive item with a signature of Bela Karolyi (FEEL NO FEAR: THE POWER, PASSION, AND POLITICS-Bela Karolyi Signed-4 signatures) was sold in July 2025 for $186.00 while the cheapest item (BELA KAROLYI Hand Signed '08 LEGENDS Signature AUTO Mint USA OLYMPICS Gymnastics) found a new owner for $0.01 in February 2018. The month with the most items sold (6) was July 2025 with an average selling price of $43.00 for an autographed item of Bela Karolyi. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2024 with $99.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.01 was February 2018. In average, an autographed item from Bela Karolyi is worth $11.19.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Bela Karolyi were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | BELA KAROLYI USA AUTOGRAPHED 3X5 NOTECARD | $9.15 |  |
| BELA KAROLYI AUTOGRAPHED "FEEL NO FEAR" 1994 LIFE IN GYMNASTICS SIGNED RARE | $39.99 | |
| Bela Karolyi Jsa Signed 3x5 Index Cut With Photo Authentic Autograph | $36.22 | |
| BELA KAROLYI Romania/USA Olympic Gymnastics Coach Autographed Index Card Nadia | $19.99 | |
| BelA Karolyi signed 8X10 beckett gymnastics coach USA | $15.00 | |
| Bela Karolyi Signed First Day Cover Envelope 1992 Summer Olympic Games JSA -# | $37.00 | |
| Bela Karolyi Signed Gymnastics Leotard Sz LC Auto Autograph Olympics Coach RIP | $49.00 | |
| Bela Karolyi Signed Gymnastics Leotard Sz LC Auto Autograph Olympics Coach RIP | $49.00 | |
| Bela Karolyi Signed Gymnastics Leotard Sz LC Auto Autograph Olympics Coach RIP | $49.00 | |
| Bela Karolyi Signed Gymnastics Leotard Sz LC Auto Autograph Olympics Coach RIP | $49.00 | |
| BELA KAROLYI US Olympic Gymnastic Coach Index Card Signed Autographed | $19.99 | |
 | Feel No Fear by Bela Karolyi Hardcover - Signed | $40.00 | |
| FEEL NO FEAR: THE POWER, PASSION, AND POLITICS-Bela Karolyi Signed-4 signatures | $186.00 | |
| Signed Autographed 8x10 Photo Bela Karolyi Olympic Gymnastics Coach | $14.99 | |
 | SIGNED Feel No Fear: Power Passion USA Gymnastics Bela Karolyi HC DJ Kerri Strug | $20.81 | |
