Nellie Kim

Quick Facts

Full Name	Nellie Kim
Occupation	Artistic Gymnast
Date Of Birth	Jul 29, 1957(1957-07-29)
Age	67
Birthplace	Shurab Country Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
Country	Soviet Union
Horoscope	Cancer

Nellie Kim Biography

Nellie Kim is one of the most popular and richest Artistic Gymnast who was born on July 29, 1957 in Shurab Country Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union. Nelli Vladimirovna Kim, Russian: Nelli Vladimirovna Kim; born 29 July 1957), is a former Soviet gymnast. She won three gold medals in Montreal 1976 Summer Olympics and a silver at the 1980 Summer Olympics. She was the second woman to achieve a perfect 10 score in Olympic history and the first woman to do so on vault and floor exercises, competing with Nadia Comaneci and Ludmilla tourischeva and other high-level competitors from the 1970s. Nellie Kim was a long-time coach and judge at major international competitions. She is the President of Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee. This committee coordinates the introduction of new rules for women’s gymnastics as per the Code of Points. The Code of Points was developed by FIG in 2004-2005. It has been in effect since 2006. Her strong, feminine, and charismatic gymnastic appearances will be remembered.

Nellie Kim, who was a participant in the Armed Forces sport society in Minsk, moved to Byelorussian SSR after the 1976 Summer Olympics. She then represented the USSR on the team. Kim competed at the World Championships two years later. Kim won gold medals in vault, floor exercise, and team competition. She also placed second in all-around to Elena Mukhina. This was after she defeated Nadia Comaneci who, among other things, fell from uneven bars. Nellie Kim won the 1979 World Championships all-around title, defeating Maxi Gnauck and Melita Ruhn, as well as her teammate Maria Filatova. Galina Savarina choreographed her floor exercise routine. This was followed by House of the Rising Sun, a piece of new music by Santa Esmeralda. It would be used again at the Olympics one year later.

Nellie’s first marriage was to the fellow gymnast Vladimir Achasov, but this marriage did not last. She met her second husband at the 1980 Olympics, and they had a daughter (also named Nellie) who was born in the mid-1980s. Her second husband was a Soviet cyclist Valery Movchan, 1980 Olympics gold medalist.

In 1980 she won the all-around title at the USSR Championships and successfully competed in the Moscow Olympics, her last competitive performance. She tied for the gold medal on the floor with Nadia Comăneci, after scoring 9.95 in that event finals, and won gold in the team competition. After the Moscow Olympics, Nellie Kim appeared with a roster of other top- class gymnasts at Wembley Arena in January 1981 for a popular exhibition of gymnastic performances on floor and apparatus.

Nelli Kim was the subject of a documentary by the National Film Board of Canada that lasted half an hour. It was co-directed jointly by Pierre Bernier and Georges Dufaux at the 1976 Summer Games. It was released in 1978.

Nellie Kim Net Worth

Nellie Kim is one of the richest Artistic Gymnast from Soviet Union. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nellie Kim 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Kim was a winner in the 1969 republican Spartak competition in Chimkent. However, Larisa Latynina, the celebrated gymnast, said that she “had no future”. Kim was very close to quitting gymnastics after that verdict. Baidin supported her perseverance. She placed fifth in all-around at the 1971 Junior USSR Championships. This was her first national competition. Two years later, she won the national junior title and made her senior international and national debuts. Kim was awarded the All-Union Youth Sports Games all-around title, two additional gold medals and placed 8th in all-around at the USSR Cup. She also won 1st place on the uneven bars at USSR Cup. In Japan, she won the Chunichi Cup. Kim finished second at the USSR Cup August 1974. She was then added to the team roster of the World Championships in October 1974. Kim won the gold medal in team competition. She competed at many high-level international events until 1980.

Nellie Kim was a key medal prospect for the Olympics. She also became the Soviet team’s leader after the 1975 Canadian Pre Olympic Games Test competition. She finished second in the all around to Nadia Comaneci. However, she won three golds in event finals (vault and balance beam, floor exercise), while Comaneci took the other one on bars. Larisa Latynina described Kim’s gymnastics style as bright and joyful, despite having previously changed her mind about Kim. Kim’s performance was also mentioned by her, along with a Canadian newspaper comment: “There are moments when a natural smile can be more valuable than triumph.” Despite Nellie Kim winning the 1976 USSR Cup against such well-known compatriots like Olga Korbut or Ludmilla tourischeva, the media still considered them leaders. The Soviet coach council did not recognize her as the leader. Soviet experts later recognized this mistake.

At the 1976 Summer Olympics the rivalry between Nellie Kim and Nadia Comăneci became the focal point of the women’s gymnastics competition. Kim’s teammates Ludmilla Tourischeva and Olga Korbut, the Olympic champions of Munich, were overcome by the two rising stars in the battle for the gold. Nellie Kim won three gold medals, one in the team competition and two in the event finals: on the vault and floor exercise. Music for her floor routine, choreographed by Valentina Kosolapova, was a fiery Samba, and one of the elements was the double back salto, performed for the first time in Olympic women’s events. Kim also won a silver medal in the all-around, receiving the perfect 10 for the Tsukahara vault with the full twist, which was also performed for the first time in Olympic history. She was praised for her feminine beauty and the flamboyant, graceful and intense style. Comaneci won the gold in the all- around, on bars and balance beam. She had a slight lead over Nadia on the other 3 events combined in the all-around but despite being the World bronze medallist on beam Nellie performed very poorly on that apparatus conceding a full 1.0 to Nadia.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Nellie Kim Dating?

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At the FIG Congress held on 22 October 2004 in Antalya, Nellie Kim was elected President of the Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee. She helped design the 2006 alteration in the Code of Points, which ended the use of the perfect 10 and introduced uncapped scoring for gymnasts. Some of the main causes for the change were judging scandals at the 2004 Summer Olympics, with Alexei Nemov and other gymnasts involved. FIG officials, including Nellie Kim and Bruno Grandi, believed that one of the possible ways to prevent such scandal in the future and make clean execution and artistry the main priorities, was a radical change of the old Code.

Facts & Trivia

Nellie Ranked on the list of most popular Artistic Gymnast. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Soviet Union. Nellie Kim celebrates birthday on July 29 of every year.

In 2013, she was accused by Russian coaches of favoring American gymnasts, a view she vehemently refutes and criticizes.

Where is Nellie Kim now?

Since 1993, she has served as President of the Judging Committee in Artistic Gymnastics of the Republic of Belarus. Kim’s first marriage was to fellow gymnast Vladimir Achasov, but the marriage did not last.

How old is Nellie Kim?

64 years (July 29, 1957)

What nationality was Nellie Kim?

Soviet