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 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 | |
Traded items with a signature of Bela Karolyi
The most expensive item with a signature of Bela Karolyi (Bela Karolyi 2012 Topps A&G Card Olympics Signed Auto PSA/DNA ENCAPSULATED) was sold in February 2024 for $99.99 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 (5) was November 2024 with an average selling price of $14.95 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 $9.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Bela Karolyi were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | "Gymnastics Coaching Legend" Béla Károlyi Matted Hand Signed 3X5 Card Matted COA | $69.99 |  |
 | "USA Gymnastics Legend" Coach Béla Károlyi Hand Signed FDC Dated 1969 COA | $69.99 | |
 | BELA KAROLYI Authentic Hand Signed Autograph 3X5 CARD - GYMNASTICS COACH - RIP | $6.30 | |
| BELA KAROLYI Authentic Hand Signed Autograph 3X5 CARD - GYMNASTICS COACH - RIP | $3.25 | |
| Bela Karolyi autographed 4x6 photo USA Gymnastics Coach Olympics RARE COA LOOK! | $49.99 | |
 | Bela Karolyi Autographed Olympic Signature Card Gymnastics Team USA 1996 Auto | $39.99 | |
| Bela Karolyi First Day Cover Olympic Gymnastics Signed Autograph (COA) | $39.95 | |
| Bela Karolyi Olympic Coach Signed 3x5 Index Card JSA Authenticated | $39.99 | |
| Bela Karolyi Olympic Gold Gymnastics Coach Signed Autograph Photo BAS Beckett | $39.99 | |
 | Bela Karolyi Signed 1984 Los Angeles Olympics Visor Gymnastics Coach JSA COA | $79.99 | |
| Bela Karolyi signed 4x6 photo USA Gymnastics Coach Olympics RARE COA LOOK! | $49.99 | |
| Bela Karolyi Signed Gymnastics Leotard Sz LC Auto Autograph Olympics Coach RIP | $49.00 | |
| Bela Karolyi USA Gymnastics Coach Authentic Signed 8x10 Photo BAS #S24883 | $5.50 | |
| Béla Károlyi Legend Olympic Gymnastic Coach signed autographed Allen & Ginter | $14.95 | |
| RARE! “USA Gymnastics Legend" Coach Béla Károlyi Hand Signed FDC Dated 1969 COA | $69.99 | |
