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Also known as Nellie Vladimirovna Kim, Nelli Kim, Nellie V. Kim, N. V. Kim, Kim, Nellie Vladimirovna

Soviet-Russian artistic gymnast (born 1957)

Key facts

Full name
Nellie Vladimirovna Kim
Born
( 1957-07-29 ) 29 July 1957 (age 68) , Shurab , Tajik SSR , Soviet Union
Height
152 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Discipline
Women's artistic gymnastics
Country represented
Soviet Union
Club
Spartak Shymkent (Kazakhstan), Soviet Armed Forces sports society Minsk (Byelorussia)

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Instance of
human
Family name
Kim
Gender
female
Citizenship
Russia
Place of birth
Shurab
Languages spoken
Russian
Country for sport
Soviet Union
Official website
nelliekim.net
Image
2018-10-15 Floor Victory ceremony (Apparatus Final Girls' Artistic Gymnastics) at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics by Sandro Halank–013.jpg
Height
152
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date of birth
1957-07-29
name in native language
Нелли Ким
Commons category
Nellie Kim
ethnic group
Koryo-saram
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Encyclopedic overview

Nellie Vladimirovna Kim (Russian: Нелли Владимировна Ким, also transliterated Nelli, 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".

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