Nellie Kim

Nellie Kim
Kim in 2018
Personal information
Full nameNellie Vladimirovna Kim
Born (1957-07-29) 29 July 1957
Height152 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
 Soviet Union
ClubSpartak Shymkent (Kazakhstan)
Soviet Armed Forces sports society Minsk (Byelorussia)
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1976 Montreal Team
1976 Montreal Vault
1976 Montreal Floor
1980 Moscow Team
1980 Moscow Floor
1976 Montreal All-around
World Championships
1974 Varna Team
1978 Strasbourg Team
1978 Strasbourg Vault
1978 Strasbourg Floor
1979 Fort Worth All-around
1978 Strasbourg All-around
1979 Fort Worth Team
1979 Fort Worth Balance beam
1979 Fort Worth Floor
1974 Varna Balance beam
1979 Fort Worth Vault
World Cup Final
1979 Tokyo All-around
1979 Tokyo Vault
1979 Tokyo Balance beam
European Championships
1975 Skien Floor
1977 Prague Vault
1975 Skien All-around
1975 Skien Balance beam
1977 Prague Balance beam
1975 Skien Vault
1975 Skien Uneven bars
1977 Prague All-around
1977 Prague Floor
Korean name
Hangul
김경숙
Hanja
金瓊淑
RRGim Gyeongsuk
MRKim Kyŏngsuk

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".