Nellie Kim

Nellie Kim
Kim in 2018
Personal information
Full nameNellie Vladimirovna Kim
Country represented Soviet Union
Born (1957-07-29) 29 July 1957 (age 67)
Shurab, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union
Height152 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Weight47 kg (104 lb)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
ClubSpartak Shymkent (Kazakhstan)
Soviet Armed Forces sports society Minsk (Byelorussia)
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal Team
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal Vault
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal Floor
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow Team
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow Floor
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montreal All-around
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1974 Varna Team
Gold medal – first place 1978 Strasbourg Team
Gold medal – first place 1978 Strasbourg Vault
Gold medal – first place 1978 Strasbourg Floor
Gold medal – first place 1979 Fort Worth All-around
Silver medal – second place 1978 Strasbourg All-around
Silver medal – second place 1979 Fort Worth Team
Silver medal – second place 1979 Fort Worth Balance beam
Silver medal – second place 1979 Fort Worth Floor
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Varna Balance beam
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Fort Worth Vault
World Cup Final
Silver medal – second place 1979 Tokyo All-around
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Tokyo Vault
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Tokyo Balance beam
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1975 Skien Floor
Gold medal – first place 1977 Prague Vault
Silver medal – second place 1975 Skien All-around
Silver medal – second place 1975 Skien Balance beam
Silver medal – second place 1977 Prague Balance beam
Bronze medal – third place 1975 Skien Vault
Bronze medal – third place 1975 Skien Uneven bars
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Prague All-around
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Prague Floor
Korean name
Hangul
김경숙
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGim Gyeongsuk
McCune–ReischauerKim Kyŏngsuk

Nellie Vladimirovna Kim (Russian: Нелли Владимировна Ким; born 29 July 1957) is a retired Soviet and Belarusian gymnast of Sakhalin Korean and Tatar descent 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 in Moscow. She was the second woman in Olympic history to earn a perfect 10 score and the first woman to score it on the vault and on the floor exercise, rivaling Nadia Comăneci, Ludmilla Tourischeva, and other strong competitors of the 1970s.

Kim worked for a long time as a coach, training several national teams, and judged many major international competitions. As president of the Women's Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee, she coordinated the introduction of new rules in women's gymnastics, as provided by the new Code of Points, developed by the FIG in 2004–2005 and in effect since 2006. Her gymnastic appearances are remembered for "her strong feminine, temperamental and charismatic appeal".[1]

  1. ^ "Nellie Kim". International Federation of Gymnastics. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2006.