Nadia Comăneci: The First Perfect 10

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Nadia Comăneci

The First Perfect 10

1976 Montreal Olympics


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Nadia Comaneci is considered to be on of the greatest Olympic athletes in history. At the age of 14, in 1976, she stepped into history as she became the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10.0. She went on in that Olympics to win seven perfect 10 scores in the 1976 Olympics, thus winning three gold Olympic medals. At the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, Nadia wood two gold medals. Nadia is one of the most famous gymnasts in the world, and is widely credited for popularizing gymnastics internationally.

"Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win."

—Nadia Comăneci

In the photo above, we see Nadia wearing her stainless steel Rolex Daytona. You have got to watch Nadia's 1976 Olympic performance in the video below. She is absolutely amazing!!!

1962 Stein Eriksen Rolex Explorer Skiing Ad

Stein Eriksen

1927-2015

Rolex Explorer Skiing Ad

Winter Olympics Skiing Gold Medal Winner

Jean-Claude Killy's is the man people think of when they think of Rolex and Skiing, but the best Olympic Skier prior to Killy, was is Stein Eriksen. It is fascinating to realize that J.F.K., was the President Of The United States when this 1962 Rolex Explorer ad was published in magazines!!!

In the two photo below, we see Stein Eriken with his grandson, and we see him wearing his Rolex Explorer II.

"Be tough, be confident, but you will never be a whole person if you aren't humble."

–Stein Eriksen

Stein Eriksen was born in Norway and lived an amazing life!!! In the 1952 Winter Olympics, held in Oslo, Norway, he won the gold medal for Giant Slalom and Silver for Slalom. Stein Eriksen was born in 1927 and passed away in December 2015. The photo of him below taken at age 83!!! 

Stein Eriksen was also the first man to win three gold medals at the world championship which was held 61 years ago in Are in Sweden. He was the first skier to win Gold, in Slalom, Giant Slalom and Downhill at a single World Championship held in 1954.

Growing up Stein Eriksen was a gymnast which he incorporated into his skiing skills and he was the first skiing superstar. He is pictured below in the early 1950s. Stein Eriksen was a pioneer in modern skiing and his elegant skiing technique where he kept his legs, skis and boots together is considered to have have revolutionized freestyle skiing. 


With his gymnastics background, Stein Eriksen is renowned for inventing the freestyle skiing areal, which went on to become a freestyle skiing event.

Since Stein Eriksen was the pioneer of ariels, he must have seriously freaked-out spectators!!!

After Stein Eriken retired from professional skiing, he moved to the United States and served as the Director Of Skiing at Deer Valley Resort located in Park City, Utah.

Isabell Werth World Champion Dressage

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Isabell Werth

World Champion Dressage

Isabell Werth is one of the top equestrian horseback riders in the world. She has won 10 Olympic medals, including 6 gold Olympic medals, as well as 7 Dressage World Championships. 

Speaking of Olympics, Issabell Werth won Gold again at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil in the Team Dressage event, and she also won Silver a Silver Medal in Individual Dressage. This is a truly remarkable feat, as she has been winning Olympic Gold Medals since her Olympic debut in Barcelona in 1992. She has competed in the 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008 and 2016 Olympics.

Equestrian dressage is so amazingly majestic and interesting to watch, as we see in the video below of Isabell Werth's amazing performance!

Lindsey Vonn Rolex Golden Girl 2018 Winter Olympics Winner

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Lindsey Vonn

Rolex Golden Girl

2018 Winter Olympics Medal Winner

Lindsey Vonn during her 2018 Olympic run by Doug Mills/ The New York Times

You may have read my recent article on Rolex Ambassador, Lindsey Vonn as she prepared to compete in the 2018 Winter Olympics. Lindsey Vonn recently won the Bronze medal at the PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games. Lindsey is 33 years old today, which likely means this was her last Olympic performance, although you never know...

So let's begin by taking a close look at the bejeweled 41MM yellow gold Rolex Day-Date II she was wearing. Lindsey's model features a baguette diamond bezel with a diamond and ruby dial.

Lindsey Vonn set a record as she was the first American woman to ever win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics for downhill skiing when she won back in 2010. By winning the bronze medal at the 2018 winter Olympics, Lindsey set another record when she became the oldest woman to ever win a medal in the downhill skiing event.

Lindsey Vonn's Olympic experience was extremely emotional for her as you will learn by watching these videos about her relationship with her beloved Grandfather. Alert: Watching these highly emotional videos will probably make you cry...and hopefully smile as well...

"I wanted to win for my grandfather but I didn't. But I think he would still be proud of me for bronze, and I think that's what counts. My family is proud of me and I'm proud of myself. Today bronze to me feels like gold." 
—Lindsey Vonn

Keeping Up with Lindsey Vonn

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Keeping Up With 

Lindsey Vonn

Rolex Ambassador, @ Lindsey Vonn, is a fast moving woman! Literally and figuratively, as she prepares to compete in the 2018 Winter Olympics which begin on February 9th. 

Today the New York Times Magazine published a fascinating story in "The Olympic Issue," titled "The Workout That Saves Lindsey Vonn From Wipeouts." The first three black and white photos of Lindsey Vonn above and below are from that NYTM article. It's interesting to see Lindsey wears her Rolex Day-Date while she is working out.

Against the pain. Against the doubt. Against the odds. I will rise. #AboveTheNoise @beatsbydre @g_eazy

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The photo below of Lindsey Vonn was taken several days ago on January 26, 2018, as she races down on her first alpine sky run at the Women's World Cup combined race in Linzerheide, Switzerland.

Photo of Lindsey Vonn  appears courtesy of AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati

I'm no @alyraisman or @simonebiles but it's not too bad for an old lady! 😜🤸🏼‍♀️

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Black tie meets black dial #Rolex

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Definitely my favorite @Rolex from #Baselworld2016. Classy as ever. #goals #Pearlmaster #101031

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Steve Guerdat 2012 Olympic Jumping Champion Rolex Day-Date

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Steve Guerdat

2012 Olympic Jumping Champion

Rolex Day-Date + Rose Gold Daytona

Steve Guerdat is a Swiss born Olympic jumping champion. He was born in 1982 and at age seven began training with his father, Philippe Guedat. Steve Guerdat won the 2012 Olympic Jumping Championships and is the first Swiss rider to win a gold Olympic medal in jumping since 1924!!!

Dark Chocolate Daytona

Rose Gold with All-New Ceramic Bezel

Steve Guerdat is wearing a Datejust in the first photo in this story, and when he is riding he wears a Rose Gold Rolex Daytona with a brown dial, which also has a ceramic bezel.

Rolex Coolness: Jean-Claude Killy-Stainless Steel Rolex GMT Master II

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Jean-Claude Killy

Stainless Steel Rolex GMT Master II

Rolex Board Member

I have been meaning to put together a comprehensive article on life-long Rolex Ambassador, Jean-Claude Killy, in the same way I wrote a detailed overview of Sir Jackie Stewart's lifetime career as a Rolex Ambassador. Following is an overview of Jean-Claude Killy's life as a Rolex Ambassador. In the future, as time permits, I will continue to update this amazing man's life story until it is complete.

Jean-Claude Killy is one of the greatest skiers in history, if not the greatest. He swept the 1968 Winter Olympics by winning three gold medals in alpine events. Today, Jean-Claude is still deeply involved with Rolex serving as a member of the Rolex board of directors. 

1968 Winter Olympic Super Champion

Jean-Claude Killy won 12 out of 16 World Cup races during the 1966-1967 racing season. Next, at the 1968 Winter Olympic games in Grenoble, France, he won not only won the good medal in Downhill, but also swept in the Giant Slalom, and Slalom to achieve his Alpine sweep.

The Real Speed Racer

Jean-Claude Killy was really into racing and cars even before he won at the 1968 winter Olympics. We see Jean-Claude pictured below in March of 1967, when he visited racing legend and specialty car maker, Carroll Shelby. Jean-Claud is pictured below posing with a 1967 Shelby GT500. Jean-Claude ended up driving the GT500 at the Riverside track racing school. 

We see Jean-Claude Killy pictured below 1968 rockin' his Porsche 911 around the Nürburgring racetrack in a 1000KM race.

We see Jean-Claude pictured below in 1969 at L-Mans with race car legend, and fellow Frenchman, Bob Wolleck. Before becoming a race car driver, Bob Wollek was also a member of the French National Skiing Team between 1966-1968.

How cool does Jean-Claude Killy look in the photo above with the cool shades, muscle-T, and Levi's rockin' a Rolex Day-Date. Talk about Super-Cool French Style!!!

In this next photo we see Jean-Claude pictured at L-Mans with Steve McQueen.

1969 Chevy Camaro

Speaking Of Jean-Claude Killy coolness, I love this Killy ad for the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible with the skis on the back of the convertible and the hotness riding shotgun =D

Jean-Claude Killy is pictured below in 1972, at Appalachian Ski Mountain, which was the first of many visits he made to the French Swiss Ski Collect, located at the Bowling Rock Resort.

The Rolex Explorer II 

Orange Hand Ads

Reference 1655

1980 Rolex Explorer II 

Orange Hand Ad

Reference 1655

I realize the ad above is hard to read, and here is what it says:

Robust and versatile. Rolex Explorer II meets your need for timekeeping integrity in high mountain skiing. Choice of Jean-Claude Killy, three time Olympic gold medalist in the same year. This self-winding, officially certified superlative chronometer in stainless steel with matching bracelet is also pressure-proof in its formed Oyster case down to 300 feet. A luminous red hour hand points exact time on fixed 24 hour bezel. Like championship racing, uncommon endurance is built into Explorer II.

...Rolex Studio Shot Of The Day.,,

1971 Rolex Explorer II

Reference 1655

I thought since we just saw three Jean-Claude Killy Rolex Ads for the Rolex Explorer II Orange hand, it would make sense to take a closer look at the reference. Rolex introduced the Explorer II in 1971, and it had an orange hand to keep track of the time in a second time zone, and was also designed to enable the wearer to read a 24 hour clock to be able to determine the am/pm in the dark in caves, or at the North or South Pole. A few years ago, Rolex brought back the orange hand Rolex Explorer II, which is based upon this cool retro-design.

Jean-Claude Killy

1974 French Rolex Datejust Ad

Even though the Rolex ad below is for a yellow gold Rolex Datejust, it appears Jean-Claude is wearing a yellow gold Day-Date in the photo.

Jean Claude Killy

Rolex Magazine ad from 1983

1987 Jean-Claude Killy

Olympic Skiing Superstar

"I don't think I'll ever want to slow down" –Jean-Claude Killy

In 1968, Jean-Claude Killy brought home three Olympic gold medals. In 1992, he brought the Olympic games themselves.

A successful businessman, as well as one of France's best-known sports figures, Killy was chosen to spearhead the drive that brought the Winter Olympics to his beloved Sovoie.

"The training that I went through to become a ski racer proved invaluable to me when I entered the business world, and the same proved true in organizing the Winter Games." Killy says, "As an athlete I learned to value of hours of planning and being able to juggle several projects at once."

Today, Killy faces the hurdles of business with the same confidence he had on the ski slopes. "Being an entrepreneur isn't easy," he notes, "but I could never see myself doing anything else. I love the excitement, the idea that there's a different challenge waiting every day.

"In life, as in skiing, timing is everything." Killy says. Which is why both on the slopes and off Killy wears a timepiece he can rely on: his Rolex Oyster timepiece.