Nellie Kim 1484002 223950424 2008-07-06T17:39:17Z LatitudeBot 6771835 robot Adding: [[ru:Ким, Нелли Владимировна]] {{MedalTop}} {{MedalSport|Women's [[Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics|Artistic Gymnastics]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{URS}}}} {{MedalGold|1976 Montreal|Team competition}} {{MedalGold|1976 Montreal|Vault}} {{MedalGold|1976 Montreal|Floor exercise}} {{MedalGold|1980 Moscow|Team competition}} {{MedalGold|1980 Moscow|Floor exercise}} {{MedalSilver|1976 Montreal|All-around}} {{MedalWorldChampionships}} {{MedalGold|[[1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1974 Varna]]|Team Competition}} {{MedalGold|[[1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1978 Strasbourg]]|Team competition}} {{MedalGold|[[1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1978 Strasbourg]]|Vault}} {{MedalGold|[[1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1978 Strasbourg]]|Floor Exercise}} {{MedalGold|[[1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1979 Fort Worth]]|All-Around}} {{MedalSilver|[[1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1978 Strasboug]]|All-Around}} {{MedalSilver|[[1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1979 Fort Worth]]|Team Competition}} {{MedalSilver|[[1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1979 Fort Worth]]|Balance Beam}} {{MedalSilver|[[1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1979 Fort Worth]]|Floor exercise}} {{MedalBronze|[[1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1974 Varna]]|Balance Beam}} {{MedalBronze|[[1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1979 Fort Worth]]|Vault}} {{MedalEuropeanChampionships}} {{MedalGold|1975 Skien|Floor exercise}} {{MedalGold|1977 Prague|Vault}} {{MedalSilver|1975 Skien|All-Around}} {{MedalSilver|1975 Skien|Balance Beam}} {{MedalSilver|1977 Prague|Balance Beam}} {{MedalBronze|1975 Skien|Vault}} {{MedalBronze|1975 Skien|Uneven bars}} {{MedalBronze|1977 Prague|All-Around}} {{MedalBronze|1977 Prague|Floor exercise}} {{MedalBottom}} '''Nellie Vladimirovna Kim''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: {{lang|rus|Нелли Владимировна Ким}}; b. [[July 29]] [[1957]]) is a retired [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] gymnast who won three gold medals and a silver medal at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] in [[Montreal]], and two gold medals at the [[Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Summer Olympics]]. She was the first woman in Olympic history to earn a perfect 10 score on the [[vault (gymnastics)|vault]] and the first to earn it on the [[floor exercise]], rivaling [[Nadia Comaneci]], [[Ludmilla Tourischeva]], and other strong competitors of the 1970s. Nellie 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 coordinates the introduction of new rules in women's gymnastics, as provided by the new ''[[Code of Points (artistic gymnastics)|Code of Points]]'', developed by the [[FIG]] in 2004–2005 and in effect since 2006. ==Early life== Nellie Kim was born in [[Shurab]], [[Tajik SSR]], the daughter of a [[Soviet Korean]] father, Vladimir Kim, who worked in the Chimkent slate factory, and a [[Tatar]] mother, Alfiya. At age 9, she entered [[Chimkent]] City [[Children and Youth Sports School]] 3<ref name="book"/><ref name="BY_NOC">{{cite web | title = КИМ Нелли Владимировна (гимнастика спортивная) | work = [[Belarus Olympic Committee]] | url = http://www.noc.by/bsog/htdocs/47 | language=Russian | accessmonthday = March 21 | accessyear = 2008 }}</ref> of the [[Spartak (sports society)|Spartak Sports Society]]. Two other children in the family, her younger brother Alexander and her sister Irina, also entered a gymnastics school and trained for some time. Alexander was harassed by his classmates in the secondary school for his small stature and retired from gymnastics in favor of boxing. Irina, whom Nellie Kim considered more talented than she herself was, retired because of the demands of the frequent training sessions.<ref name="book">{{ru icon}} {{cite book | first = Nellie | last = Kim | title = Schastlivyy pomost (Lucky Gymnastics Platform) | year = 1985 | publisher = Molodaya Gvardiya | location = Moscow}}</ref> Kim's trainers were [[Vladimir Baidin]] and his wife, Galina Barkova. Initially, she did not have sufficient flexibility as compared with many of her fellow gymnasts, but she was soon able to compensate with superior technique and the difficulty of her exercises. One of Kim's earliest successes was her victory in the republican Spartak's competition, held in Chimkent in 1969. Nevertheless, a year later she was said to "have no future" by celebrated gymnast [[Larissa Latynina]].<ref name="wh">{{cite web | title = Whatever Happened to Nelli Kim? | work = GymnasticGreats.com | url = http://www.gymnpics.com/gymnasticgreats/wag/kim_nelli.htm | accessmonthday = April 13 | accessyear = 2006 }}</ref> After that verdict, Kim was close to leaving gymnastics but persevered with support from Baidin. At the 1971 Junior USSR Championships, her first national competition, she placed fifth in the all-around. The national junior success, as well as senior national and international debuts followed two years later. Kim won the all-around title and two more gold medals at the All-Union Youth Sports Games, placed 8th in the all-around and 1st on the [[uneven bars]] at the USSR Cup and won the prestigious Chunichi Cup in [[Japan]]. After a second-place finish at the USSR Cup in August 1974, she was added to the team roster for the [[1974 World Championships in Artistic Gymnastics|World Championships]], held in October, where Kim earned the gold medal in the team competition. Afterwards, and until 1980, she successfully competed in many top-level international events. Nellie Kim's nickname among USSR teammates and team coaches was "Kimanellie," which she earned, when a trainer [[Vladislav Rastorotsky]] called her very quickly: "Kim, Nellie, to the phone!"<ref name="book" /> ==Olympics and World Championships== Nellie Kim became one of the main medal prospects for the upcoming Olympics and actual leader of the Soviet team after the 1975 Canadian Pre-Olympics Test competition. At the Test she placed second in the all-around to [[Nadia Comaneci]], but won three golds in the event finals (vault, balance beam, floor exercise), while Comaneci won the remaining one on bars.<ref>{{cite web|title=1975 Pre-Olympic Test Event|work=Gymn-Forum|url=http://www.gymn-forum.com/results/PreOly/Women/1975_ef.html|accessmonthday=July 20 |accessyear=2006}}</ref> [[Larissa Latynina]], who had already changed her opinion about Kim earlier, described her gymnastics style as sparkling and cheerful. She also cited a comment by Canadian newspapers about Kim's performance: "There are moments, when a natural smile is more worth, than triumph". However, although Nellie Kim also won the 1976 USSR Cup, beating such famous her compatriots as [[Olga Korbut]] and [[Ludmilla Tourischeva]], they were still considered leaders by the media. Even the Coach Council of the Soviet team failed to define her as the leader. That was a mistake recognized by Soviet experts later.<ref name="book" /> At the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] the rivalry between Nellie Kim and Nadia Comaneci became the focal point of the women's gymnastics competition. Kim's teammates Ludmilla Tourischeva and Olga Korbut, the Olympic champions of [[1972 Summer Olympics|Munich]], were overcome by the two rising stars in the battle for the gold. Nellie Kim won three gold medals, one in the team competition and two in the event finals: on the vault and floor exercise. Music for her floor routine, choreographed by Valentina Kosolapova, was the fiery [[Samba]], and one of the elements was the double back salto, performed for the first time in Olympic women's events. Kim also won a silver medal in the all-around, receiving the perfect 10 for the [[Mitsuo Tsukahara|Tsukahara]] vault with the full twist, which was also performed for the first time in Olympic history. She was praised for her feminine beauty and the flamboyant, graceful and intense style.<ref name="wh" /> Comaneci won the gold in the all-around, on bars and [[balance beam]]. On the vault she performed a Tsukahara. After the 1976 Summer Olympics Nellie Kim moved to [[Byelorussian SSR]] (joining the Armed Forces sports society in [[Minsk]]) and represented her new home on the USSR team. Two years later Kim successfully competed at the [[1978 World Championships in Artistic Gymnastics|World Championships]]. She won gold medals on the vault, floor exercise and in the team competition, and placed second in the all-around to [[Elena Mukhina]], overcoming Nadia Comaneci, who fell from the uneven bars, among others. The greatest success came at the [[1979 World Championships in Artistic Gymnastics|1979 World Championships]], where Nellie Kim became the all-around champion, beating [[Maxi Gnauck]], Melita Ruhn and her teammate [[Maria Filatova]].<ref>{{cite news | title = Miss Kim Captures Laurels | last = Hulbert | first = Dan | publisher = [[New York Times]] | date = [[1979-12-09]] | page = S4 }}</ref> Her floor exercise routine, choreographed by Galina Savarina, was accompanied by a new piece of music, [[House of the Rising Sun]] by [[Santa Esmeralda]], which would also be used one year later at the Olympics.<ref name="book" /> In 1980 she won the all-around title at the USSR Championships and successfully competed in the Moscow Olympics, her last competitive performance. She tied for the gold medal on the floor with Nadia Comaneci, after scoring 9.95 in that event finals, and won gold in the team competition.<ref>{{cite news | title = Deprived of the all-around title | publisher = [[Boston Globe]] | date = [[1980-07-26]] | page = 1 }}</ref> Her gymnastic appearances are remembered for "her strong feminine, temperamental and charismatic appeal".<ref>{{cite web | title = Nellie Kim | work = [[International Federation of Gymnastics]] | url = http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/events/athletes/bio.jsp?ID=4893 | accessmonthday = April 17 | accessyear = 2006 }}</ref> ==Later life== After Nellie Kim's competitive career was over she worked as a coach and a judge. She coached the [[South Korea]]n, [[Italy|Italian]] and [[Belarus]] national teams. In 1984 Kim became the International Brevet Judge and judged many international competitions, including European Championships, World Championships and Olympic Games. Her judging license was suspended by the FIG for a while only once &ndash; after the 1990 World Cup, she was judging again in [[1992 Summer Olympics|Barcelona]]. Since 1983 she has been the President of the Judging Committee in Artistic Gymnastics of the Republic of [[Belarus]]. In 1996 Kim was elected to the Women's Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee of the [[International Gymnastics Federation]] (FIG), and moved to the [[United States|U.S.A.]] soon afterwards, where she lives with her daughter Nellie. At the FIG Congress held on [[October 22]] [[2004]] in [[Antalya]], Nellie Kim was elected President of the Women's Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/news/2004/oct.html#congress2 | title=Grandi, Stoica Re-Elected | publisher=International Gymnast Online | date=[[2004-10-22]] | accessdate=2006-03-26 }}</ref> She helped design the 2006 alteration in the ''[[Code of Points (artistic gymnastics)|Code of Points]]'', which will end the use of the perfect 10 and introduce uncapped scoring for gymnasts. Some of the main causes for the change were judging [[Scandals of the 2004 Summer Olympics|scandals]] at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]], with [[Alexei Nemov]] and other gymnasts involved. FIG officials, including Nellie Kim and [[Bruno Grandi]], believed that one of the possible ways to prevent such scandal in the future and make the clean execution and artistry the main priorities, was a radical change of the old Code. This move has been controversial among fans and athletes alike. Kim and other FIG officials, pointed out, that this alteration was designed with the help and advice from FIG member federations and many judges, as have all previous codes. They also underlined that this system will be tested on major international events before final adoption. In her 2005 interview Nellie Kim said that unlike her predecessor in the post of the President of the WAG TC, Jackie K. Fie, she does not receive any salary from the federation of the country, represented by her in the FIG. And therefore she works for the FIG on the basis of pure enthusiasm.<ref>{{ru icon}} {{cite news | url=http://www.sb.press.net.by/article.php?articleID=46658 | title=I will command the parade! | publisher=Sovetskaya Belorussiya | date=[[2005-09-03]] | accessdate=2006-03-26 }}</ref> In 1999 she was inducted into the [[International Gymnastics Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web | title = NELLI KIM | work = International Gymnastics Hall of Fame | url = http://www.ighof.com/honorees/honorees_kim.html | accessmonthday = May 12 | accessyear = 2007 }}</ref> Despite the [[Cold War]], a [[documentary film]] about Nellie Kim was filmed in the [[USSR]] by the [[United States|Americans]] in the mid-70s before the Olympics and was aired in [[Canada]] in 1978. ==Achievements (non-Olympic)== {| border=1 cellpadding=1 cellspacing=2 style="border-collapse: collapse; text-align:center; font-size: 95%;" |- ! align=center|Year ! align=center|Event ! width=30px|AA ! width=30px|Team ! width=30px|[[Gymnastics vault|VT]] ! width=30px|[[Gymnastics uneven bars|UB]] ! width=30px|[[Gymnastics balance beam|BB]] ! width=30px|[[Gymnastics floor|FX]] |- |rowspan="1"|'''1973'''||align=left|USSR Championships||||||||bgcolor=gold|1st|||| |- |rowspan="3"|'''1974'''||align=left|[[1974 World Championships in Artistic Gymnastics|World Championships]]||||bgcolor=gold| 1st |||| ||bgcolor=cc9966|3rd|| |- |align=left|USSR Cup ||bgcolor=silver|2nd|||||||||| |- |align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=cc9966|3rd||||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=silver|2nd|||| |- |rowspan=3|'''1975'''||align=left|European Championships||bgcolor=silver|2nd||||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||bgcolor=silver|2nd ||bgcolor=gold|1st |- |align=left|USSR Cup ||bgcolor=silver|2nd|||||||||| |- |align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=gold|1st||||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st |- |rowspan=2|'''1976'''||align=left|USSR Cup ||bgcolor=gold|1st|||||||||| |- |align=left|USSR Championships||||||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=gold|1st|| |- |'''1977'''||align=left|European Championships||bgcolor=cc9966|3rd||||bgcolor=gold|1st||||bgcolor=silver|2nd ||bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |- |rowspan=2|'''1978'''||align=left|[[1978 World Championships in Artistic Gymnastics|World Championships]]||bgcolor=silver| 2nd||bgcolor=gold| 1st ||bgcolor=gold| 1st || ||||bgcolor=gold| 1st |- |align=left|USSR Championships||||||bgcolor=silver|2nd|||||| |- |rowspan=3|'''1979'''||align=left|[[1979 World Championships in Artistic Gymnastics|World Championships]]||bgcolor=gold| 1st||bgcolor=silver| 2nd ||bgcolor=cc9966| 3rd || ||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=silver| 2nd |- |align=left|World Cup||bgcolor=silver| 2nd||||bgcolor=cc9966| 3rd || ||bgcolor=cc9966|3rd|| |- |align=left|USSR Championships||||||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=silver|2nd||||bgcolor=gold|1st |- |'''1980'''||align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=gold|1st|||||||||| |} ==Miscellaneous== The Portuguese-Canadian singer [[Nelly Furtado]] (full name '''''Nelly Kim Furtado''''') was named after '''Nellie Kim'''. The Japanese Butoh dancer [[Kim Itoh]] was named after '''Nellie Kim'''. ==References== <references /> ==External links== *[http://www.nelliekim.com/ Official website] *{{fig|id=4893|name=Nellie Kim}} *[http://www.gymn-forum.net/bios/women/kim_n.html A signed photo and list of competitive results] *{{ru icon}} [http://www.gymnast.ru/persons/k.html A short biography at Gymnast.ru] *[http://www.nfb.ca/trouverunfilm/fichefilm.php?id=12862&v=h&lg=en# A description of the film about Nellie Kim] - at the [[National Film Board of Canada]] *{{Imdb title|title=Nelli Kim|id=0256225}} {{NavigationOlympicChampionsArtisticGymnasticsWomenTC}} {{NavigationWorldChampionsArtisticGymnasticsWomenTC}} {{NavigationWorldChampionsArtisticGymnasticsWomenAA}} {{featured article}} <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] --> {{Persondata |NAME = Kim, Nellie Vladimirovna |ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Ким, Нелли Владимировна (Russian) |SHORT DESCRIPTION = Soviet gymnast |DATE OF BIRTH = [[29 July]] [[1957]] |PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Shurab]], [[Tajik SSR]] |DATE OF DEATH = |PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Nellie}} [[Category:1957 births]] [[Category:Gymnasts at the 1976 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Gymnasts at the 1980 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Koryo-saram]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Artistic gymnasts]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union]] [[Category:Olympic gymnasts of the Soviet Union]] [[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union]] [[Category:Soviet gymnasts]] [[Category:World champion gymnasts]] [[Category:Medalists at World Gymnastics Championships]] [[Category:Spartak athletes]] [[fr:Nellie Kim]] [[ko:넬리 김]] [[it:Nelli Kim]] [[pt:Nellie Kim]] [[ru:Ким, Нелли Владимировна]] [[sl:Nellie Vladimirovna Kim]]