Nelly Kim - the legend of the USSR

One of the famous Soviet gymnasts is Nelly Kim. Her biography is full of sports victories and awards. The name of the athlete was known far beyond the borders of the Soviet Union.

Biography

Olympic champion, multiple world champion, Europe and the USSR Nelli Kim was born on July 29, 1957 in the Tajik village of Shurab. Her father, Kim Vladimir, was a Sakhalin Korean, and his mother, Safina Alfiya, was a Tatar.

After the daughter's appearance, the family moved to Kazakhstan, where Nellie's parents live now. There, at the age of ten, the girl began to actively engage in gymnastics in a children's sports school. Its coach was Vladimir Baydin. After a while, Kim is the best gymnast in the country. Not stopping at what has been achieved, Nelly participates in all-Union and world competitions.

In the seventies the athlete was considered one of the best gymnasts in the world. Next to the names of Nadi Komaneci, Olga Korbut and Lyudmila Turishcheva stood the name of Nelly Kim. The gymnast became the champion of Europe, and then together with Olya and the champion of the Spartakiad of the Soviet Union. She continued to climb up, gaining new heights. A year later, in 1976, Nelly Kim (photo in the article) - Olympic champion.

In the late 70's, Kim moved to Minsk and spoke for Belarus. Two years later, Nelly became the absolute champion of the world.

In 1980, she graduated from the gymnast and became coach of various teams (Italy, Belarus, Korea) in gymnastics. Acted as a judge at the Olympic Games, world championships and Europe.

In 1978 she graduated from the Kazakh Institute of Physical Culture in Alma-Ata. And not so long ago, in 2010, she enrolled in absentia in postgraduate study of the National University of Physical Education and wrote a candidate.

He is a deserved master of sports of the USSR.

Awards of the sportswoman

The gymnast has many awards. At the Olympics in 1976, which took place in Montreal, she won four medals. Among them are three gold (supporting jump, team performance, floor exercises) and one silver in all-around.

At the next games in Moscow in 1980 (they were the end of Kim's career), the gymnast managed to take two gold medals in the same kinds of performances.

At the World Championships, Nelly Kim collected more than ten awards, including five gold and four silver medals.

The athlete also received two Orders of the Red Banner of Labor as a reward. And already in Russia for merits in sports she has received the Star of the Hero.

Personal life

In 1977, Nelly Kim and the Belarusian gymnast Achasov Vladimir were married in the homeland of the girl, and then left for Minsk. The couple lived for several years and divorced. The reason for the divorce was the abuse of alcohol and another woman Vladimir.

At the Olympic Games in Moscow, Nelly met and married a Belarusian cyclist, Olympic champion Valery Movchanov. They had a daughter, who was also named Nelly. The second time married life also did not work out.

Now the gymnast lives in the United States in the city of Minneapolis. He often visits his parents in Kazakhstan. Her daughter studied at a university in Chicago.

Interesting Facts

Nelly Kim is the first gymnast performing at the Olympics, who was rated "ten" for the jump and exercise.

In the national team, Kim was nicknamed "Kimonelli". As the athlete herself says, coach Turishcheva mixed her name and name by chance. After that, everyone started calling her that nickname.

Initially, Nelly did not think about the gymnast's career. Sport was for girls just fun.

The International Hall of Fame for Artistic Gymnastics, located in the United States, is the name of Nellie.

The sportswoman had to stop her career because of health problems. She had an ulcer.

The brilliant victory of Kim at the Montreal Games journalists from America foresaw. Even before they started, they came to Kazakhstan and filmed a film about the future gymnastics star.

After the wedding with Vladimir Achasov, Nellie wanted to quit the sport, but suddenly changed her mind and decided to perform at the Moscow Olympics.

After some time, Kim replayed the triumphal double somersault of Svetlana Boginskaya, for which she Nelly Vladimirovna (she was one of the judges of the competition) also staged "ten."

The famous Portuguese and Canadian singer Nelly Furtado parents named in honor of the sportswoman. They were delighted with Kim's performance at the Olympics in Montreal.

Nelly's name was known far beyond the Soviet Union. Nobody could compare with the champion.