Nelli Kim

Nelli Vladimirovna Kim (Russian:Нелли Владимировна Ким) (b. July 29 1957) was a Soviet gymnast who won three gold medals and a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. She was born in Shurab, Tadzhik SSR. In her early childhood she entered the Spartak Society school in Chimkent, Kazakh SSR. Her trainer was the Honoured Trainer of the USSR Vladimir Baidin. After the 1976 Summer Olympics she moved to Belarussian SSR (joining Armed Forces sports society in Minsk) and represented her new home in the Societ team at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Kim's first great international success was in 1974, when she became the World Champion in the Team Competition. Between 1974 and 1980 she won many international events, including the Summer Olympics, the World Championships, and the European Championships.

After Kim's competitive career was over she worked as a coach, until in 1996 she was elected to the Women's Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), and moved to the U.S.A. soon afterwards (where she still lives). At the FIG Congress held on October 22 2004 in Antalya, Kim was elected President of the Women's Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee.

Awards

Olympic Games

• All Around Competition:1976-silver
• Team Competition:1976-gold,1980-gold
• Vault:1976-gold
• Floor Exercise:1976-gold,1980-gold

World Championships

• All Around Competition:1978-silver, 1979-gold
• Team Competition:1974-gold, 1978-gold, 1979-silver
• Vault:1978-gold, 1979-bronze
• Floor Exercise:1978-gold, 1979-silver
• Balance Beam:1974-bronze, 1979-silver

World Cup

• All Around Competition:1979-silver
• Vault:1979-bronze
• Balance Beam:1979-bronze

European Championships

• All Around Competition:1975-silver, 1977-bronze
• Vault:1973-bronze, 1979-gold
• Floor Exercise:1975-gold, 1977-bronze
• Balance Beam:1975-silver, 1977-silver
• Uneven Bars:1973-bronze

National Championships (USSR)

• All Around Competition:1974-bronze, 1975-gold, 1980-gold
• Vault:1974-silver, 1975-silver, 1976-gold, 1978-silver, 1979-silver
• Floor Exercise:1975-gold,1979-gold
• Balance Beam:1975-gold,1976-gold
• Uneven Bars:1973-gold, 1974-silver, 1975-gold, 1976-silver, 1979-silver

USSR Cup

• All Around Competition:1974–2nd place, 1975–2nd place, 1976-Winner

External links

• Official site
• A short biography and achievements

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