Nelli Kim Biography

Nelli Kim
Second gymnast to score a perfect 10
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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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 international assignment 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. At the FIG Congress in late 2004 Nellie was elected President of the Women's Technical Committee. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Competition Results

1971 Jr. USSR Championships: 5th AA

1972 Jr. Friendship Tournament (Druzhba): 1st Team, 2nd FX Jr. USSR-HUN: 1st Team, 2nd AA Jr. USSR Championships: 2nd AA, 1st V, 1st UB USSR School Spartakiade: 2nd AA, 1st FX

1973 All-Union Youth Sports Games: 1st Team, 1st AA, 1st B, 2nd UB, 3rd V Chunichi Cup: 1st AA Jr. Friendship Tournament (Druzhba): 1st Team, 2nd AA, 2nd UB, 2nd FX, 6th V USSR Cup: 8th AA, 1st UB

1974 Milk Meet: 5th AA Riga International: 2nd AA USSR Championships: 3rd AA, 2nd V, 2nd UB USSR Cup: 2nd AA World Championships (Varna): 1st Team, 9th AA (prelims), 3rd B

1975 Chunichi Cup: 4th AA European Championships: 2nd AA, 1st FX, 2nd B, 3rd V, 3rd UB JPN-USSR Dual Meet: 1st Team, 1st AA Moscow News: 1st AA, 1st UB, 1st B, 1st FX, 2nd V Pre-Olympics: 2nd AA, 1st V, 1st B, 1st FX, 2nd UB USSR Championships: 1st AA, 1st UB, 1st B, 1st FX, 2nd V USSR Cup: 2nd AA USSR Spartakiade: 1st AA

1976 Chunichi Cup: 15th AA Olympics: 1st Team, 2nd AA, 1st V, 1st FX, 6th UB Tokyo Cup: 1st V, 1st B, 1st FX USSR Cup: 1st AA

1977 European Championships: 3rd AA, 1st V, 2nd B, 3rd FX, 4th UB

1978 USSR Cup: 16th AA World Championships (Strasbourg): 1st Team, 2nd AA, 1st V, 1st FX

1979 Athens International: 1st AA, 1st V, 1st B, 1st FX, 2nd UB USSR Championships: 5th AA, 1st FX, 2nd V, 2nd UB, 4th B USSR Spartakiade: 1st Team, 3rd AA, 1st V, 1st UB, 1st FX World Championships (Fort Worth): 2nd Team, 1st AA, 2nd B, 2nd FX, 3rd V, 5th UB World Cup: 2nd AA, 3rd V, 3rd B, 8th FX

1980 Olympics: 1st Team, 5th AA, 1st FX, 6th UB USSR Championships: 1st AA