After The Olympics
Conner and Nadia Comăneci were engaged on November 12, 1994, (Nadia's 33rd birthday), and married on April 27, 1996 in Bucharest, Romania. The couple first met at the 1976 American Cup, where Conner won the men's, and Comăneci the women's title. They reconnected in 1991, when Comăneci fled Romania. They currently own the Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy, Perfect 10 Production Company, and several sports equipment shops, and are editors of International Gymnast magazine. They also are heavily involved in charity work. Conner is also a gymnastics commentator, and accepts speaking engagements.
Conner became a father when Comăneci gave birth to their first child, a boy named Dylan Paul Conner, on the morning of June 3, 2006 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Dylan was born three weeks early, weighing in at just 4 lbs. However, Dylan left the hospital after a short stay and immediately thrived.
Conner appeared in films in 1986 and 2006. In 1986, he played a character named Bart in the cult BMX film Rad! In 2006, he appeared as himself in two movies about gymnastics, Stick It and Peaceful Warrior. Connor also appeared on the TV show, Make It or Break It, as a World Championship commentator, along with his wife Nadia Comăneci, in the season 2 final episode in Rio.
In 1997 Conner was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
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