Nelli Vladimirovna KIM

Soviet Union (URS)

Date of birth

 29 July 1957

Hometown

Minneapolis (USA)

Place of birth

 Leninabad (Kazakhstan)

Profession

FIG Women's Technical Committee President (2005- )

Height

 157

cm

Children

Valerie (1985)

Weight

 47

kg

Start gymnastics

1964

Gender

 Female

Club

Dinamo Minszk

Nickname

 "Ázsiai tigris" (Asian tiger)

Head coach

Nikolay Miligulo, Vladimir Baidin

Spouse name

Vladimir ATANOV (1977-1979)
Valery MOVCHAN (1981- )

Favourite apparatus

 

 

World class in

 1974

First competition

1971

Last competition

1980

 

Nellie was born on July 29, 1957 in Chimkent (Kazakhstan), USSR.  Her mother is Tatar and her father is Korean; Nellie is the oldest of 3 children.  She began gymnastics in 1966 at age 9 with coach Vladimir Baidin.  She was the first female to perform a tucked full-twisting Tsukahara vault (and scored a 10.0 in Montreal for the gold medal on that apparatus).  She married fellow gymnast Vladimir Achasov in 1977; they divorced in early 1979.  On March 28, 1981, Nellie married cyling champion Valery  Movchan in the Ukrainian city of Kharkov.  The wedding was witnessed by Nellie's teammate Natalia Shaposhnikova.  Kim worked as a coach in Minsk and also became a brevet judge (her first intl. meet was the 1984 Jr. European Championships).  In 1990, she became the coach of the Korean national team, and in 1991 she became the coach of the South African national team.  Nellie currently lives in Minneapolis with her daughter.  Husband Valery is a businessman in Minsk.

Medal Total

Olympics:   5 Gold, 1 Silver
World Championships:    5 Gold, 4 Silver, 2 Bronze
World Cup:  1 Silver, 2 Bronze
European Championships:  2 Gold, 2 Silver, 4 Bronze 

 

Year

Competition

Team

AA

Vault

Uneven Bars

Beam

Floor

1971

USSR Jr. Championships

-

5

-

-

-

-

1972

USSR Jr. Championships

-

2

-

-

-

-

1973

Chunichi Cup
Jr. Friendship Tournament (Druzhba) 
USSR Cup 

-
1
-

1
2
8

-
-
-

-
-
1

-
-
-

-
-
-

1974

Milk Meet
Riga International 
18. World Championships 

-
-
-

5
2
9 (prel)

-
-
-

-
-
-

-
-
3

-
-
-

1975

10. European Championships
Chunichi Cup
JPN-USSR Dual Meet 
Moscow News
Pre-Olympics
USSR Cup 
USSR Spartakiade 

-
-
1
-
-
-
-

2
4
1
1
2
2
1

3
-
-
2
1
-
-

3
-
-
1
2
-
-

2
-
-
1
1
-
-

1
-
-
1
1
-
-

1976

21. Olympic Games
Chunichi Cup 
Tokyo Cup 
USSR Cup 

1
-
-
-

2
15
-
1

1
-
1
1

6
-
-
2

-
-
1
1

1
-
1
-

1977

11. European Championships

-

3

1

4

2

3

1978

19. World Championships
USSR Cup 

1
-

2
10

1
-

-
-

-
-

1
-

1979

20. World Championships
Athens International 
USSR Championships 
USSR Spartakiade 
World Cup 

2
-
-
1
-

1
1
5
3
2

3
1
-
1
3

5
2
-
1
-

2
1
-
-
3

2
1
-
1
8

1980

22. Olympic Games 

1

5

-

6

-

1


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