Nelli Kim

Nelli Vladimirovna Kim ({{lang-ru|????? ???????????? ???}}; b. July 29 1957) was a Soviet gymnast 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. She was born in Shurab, Tajik SSR, the daughter of a Korean father and a Tatar mother. In her early childhood she entered the Spartak Society school in Chimkent, Kazakh SSR. Her trainer was the Honoured Trainer of the USSR Vladimir Baidin. After the 1976 Summer Olympics she moved to Byelorussian SSR (joining Armed Forces sports society in Minsk) and represented her new home in the Societ team at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Non-Olympic Awards

World Championships

• All Around Competition:1978-silver, 1979-gold
• Team Competition:1974-gold, 1978-gold, 1979-silver
• Vault:1978-gold, 1979-bronze
• Floor Exercise:1978-gold, 1979-silver
• Balance Beam:1974-bronze, 1979-silver

World Cup

• All Around Competition:1979-silver
• Vault:1979-bronze
• Balance Beam:1979-bronze

European Championships

• All Around Competition:1975-silver, 1977-bronze
• Vault:1973-bronze, 1979-gold
• Floor Exercise:1975-gold, 1977-bronze
• Balance Beam:1975-silver, 1977-silver
• Uneven Bars:1973-bronze

National Championships (USSR)

• All Around Competition:1974-bronze, 1975-gold, 1980-gold
• Vault:1974-silver, 1975-silver, 1976-gold, 1978-silver, 1979-silver
• Floor Exercise:1975-gold,1979-gold
• Balance Beam:1975-gold,1976-gold
• Uneven Bars:1973-gold, 1974-silver, 1975-gold, 1976-silver, 1979-silver

USSR Cup

• All Around Competition:1974-2nd place, 1975-2nd place, 1976-Winner