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Meet the top 10 richest married couples in athletics

New Delhi: There are several things that make the marriage of two greats in their respective sports, sometimes even the same sport, so intriguing. With both parties in the marriage bringing their hefty finances to


9. Nadia Comăneci and Bart Conner / Couple's Net Worth: $10.5 Million

At the American Cup International gymnastics meet in New York City, Bart Conner, an American, and Nadia Comăneci, a Romanian, both won the championships.

Fourteen years later, Comăneci escaped from communist Romania, allowing Bart to meet Nadia again. The two finally began dating when Nadia took a room in Bart's home in Oklahoma. In 1996, the first female gymnast to be awarded a perfect ten in an Olympic gymnastic event (1980) and the 1984 men's parallel bars gold medalist married in Romania. They had a son in 2006.

Today, the couple owns the Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy, the Perfect 10 Production Company, and several sports equipment shops. They are also heavily involved in charity work.