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Galina Nemova: “To save a family, you have to learn a lot. Four-time Olympic champion, gymnast Alexei Nemov

"We are thinking about what to do in this situation, because this can happen to anyone. I want to somehow punish these people. This is a real provocation. They behave so intelligently, while provoking, knocking on the window and asking:" What are you are you doing?" And what - you don’t even understand in this situation. What is it, Alexei also wants to figure it out for himself, ”the Russian News Service quotes the athlete’s wife.

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Galina Nemova is sure that it was a provocation. "Aleksey just came out and asked to leave. It was cynically provoked, there is nothing to comment on rudeness. I do not know what kind of group this is, and who allowed them to behave like this, and where the police are looking. These are some ordinary people, they cynically provoke you. Alexey is a decent person, he asked them to move away from the car. He asked them to leave. I walked away at that moment, as Alexei stopped for me to go to the restroom. It took about five or seven minutes. I come - Alexei stumbled, they wrapped his arm, he broke the watch, the car mirror broke," she said.

"At this time, the child was sitting in the car and sobbing. We were driving home with the whole family. Others just drove off, did not contact. Lesha could not drive off, he was waiting for me. Did Aleksey see the video of the fight on the Internet? We don’t even know that they posted something," Galina concluded.

Recall that the incident occurred in the center of Moscow, on Petrovka Street. Representatives of the Stopham organization considered that the Olympic champion illegally stopped in the second row, so they stuck a sticker on the windshield of his foreign car. Nemov got out of the car and got into a skirmish with the activists.

“He was asked to park. There was no reaction. I stuck a harmless sticker on him, said a couple of phrases and left. On the second day, he was standing again on the same street. Nemov tore off the sticker ... The hustle began. He hit me in the face with his palm. I pushed him away from me, tried to put him down, knocked him down, tried to hold him. He is an athlete, he has the same skills, - REN TV quotes Magomed Ismailov. I threw him to the ground and held him, trying to calm him down. It was obvious that the man was furious. He could hit me harder. I tried to protect myself."

Birthday May 28, 1976

famous Russian gymnast, 4-time Olympic champion

Biography

From the age of five, he began to practice gymnastics at a specialized children's and youth school of the Olympic reserve of the Volga Automobile Plant in the city of Tolyatti. He studied at the 76th school.

Since 1983, he has been training with the master of sports in gymnastics, Honored Coach of Russia Evgeny Grigoryevich Nikolko. In 1999, Alexei Nemov graduated from the Togliatti branch of the Samara State Pedagogical University.

Sports career

Alexei Nemov won his first victory in 1989 at the USSR youth championship. After a successful start, almost every year he began to achieve outstanding results. In 1990, Alexei Nemov became the winner in certain types of all-around at the Spartakiad of the USSR Student Youth. In 1990-1993, he was a repeated participant in international competitions and a winner both in certain types of the program and in the absolute championship.

In 1993, Nemov won the victory at the RSFSR Cup in the all-around, and at the international meeting "Stars of the World 94" became the bronze medalist in the all-around. A year later, Alexei Nemov wins the Russian Championship, becomes a four-time champion of the Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg and receives three gold and one silver medals at the European Championship in Italy.

At the XXVI Olympic Games in Atlanta (USA), Alexei Nemov becomes a two-time Olympic champion, receives two gold, one silver and three bronze medals. In 1997 he won a gold medal at the World Championships in Switzerland. In 2000, Alexey Nemov won the World and European Championships, became the winner of the World Cup. At the XXVII Olympic Games in Sydney (Australia), Alexei became the absolute champion, having won six Olympic medals: two gold, one silver and three bronze.

Nemov came to the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens in the rank of a clear favorite and leader of the Russian team, however, the injury received before the Olympics made itself felt, but despite this, the athlete showed a high class and performed quite confidently. However, the performance of the athlete was overshadowed by a judicial scandal: after the performance on the crossbar, the scores were clearly underestimated, which did not please the spectators present in the stands of the Olympic arena, who stood for 15 minutes with incessant applause and supported the athlete, preventing the next (American) athlete from entering the platform, until Alexei himself did not come out and did not ask the audience to sit down. Under pressure, the judges revised the scores, but even after the revision, they were not enough to receive a medal. After this incident, a scandal erupted at the Olympics, and some judges were removed from judging, and an official apology was made to the athlete.

Social activity

Member of the United Russia party.

Awards

Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (April 19, 2001) - for a great contribution to the development of physical culture and sports, high sports achievements at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad 2000 in Sydney
Order of Courage (January 6, 1997) - for services to the state and high sporting achievements at the XXVI Summer Olympic Games in 1996
Order of Honor (February 18, 2006) - for a great contribution to the development of physical culture and sports and high sports achievements

In 2000, in London, he was awarded the World Sports Awards Oscar as the best athlete on the planet. In the same year, Alexei Nemov was awarded the military rank of major in the Russian Army.

For outstanding sporting achievements, the name of Alexei Yuryevich Nemov was included in the Guinness Book of Records. In 2008, at the Laureus World Sports Awards ceremony, Alexei Nemov was awarded an incentive prize.

In 2004, he received a special CIFP (International Fair Play Committee) prize for noble and sporting behavior during competitions.

In November 2005, the chairman of the Polish Olympic Committee, Pyotr Nurovsky, presented Alexei Nemov with the Fair Play award - the Pierre de Coubertin prize in the "For Action" nomination.

Gymnastics in our country is given special attention, especially sports. Russia has brought up a whole galaxy of famous sports gymnasts. We will not be too lazy and list their names: Nikolai Adrianov, Boris Shakhlin, Alexander Dityatin, Viktor Chukarin, Yuri Titov, Vladimir Artemov, Mikhail Voronin. And among them, one last name is missing, a person who came out of the modern school of gymnastics, this is Alexei Nemov.

This article will talk about childhood, life, successes and achievements of Alexei. Also some biographical data and awards both in the domestic and international arenas.

Short biography of Alexei Nemov

Russian sports gymnast Alexei Yurievich was born on May 28, 1976. He is a four-time Olympic gold medalist. Currently, he works as the editor-in-chief of the sports and analytical magazine "Big Sport".

Childhood

Alexey Nemov was born in the village of Barashevo, Mordovian Republic. Soon, the mother decided to move to the more promising city of Tolyatti, where Nemov grew up. I have not seen my father since childhood, and met only at the age of nine after his release from prison. An attempt to improve relations was unsuccessful, and the parents separated. From early childhood, Alyosha developed a passion for gymnastics. Even from the kindergarten, where Nadezhda Akimovna (Alexey's mother) worked, he began to play sports.

Irina Shestakova became his first coach, then Pavel Denisov undertook to train the boy. At the school where Alexei Nemov studied, teachers spoke of him as a bully who constantly provoked conflicts with his peers. But what could not be taken away from him from childhood was coordination. At the preview of one of the workouts, seven-year-old Alexei was noticed by the honored coach of Russia, Nikolko Evgeny Grigorievich. He was enrolled in an Olympic reserve school.

Alexey Nemov after school entered the branch of the Samara Pedagogical University, from which he graduated in 1999.

Gymnast at the dawn of a sports career

The first victory in the life of every athlete plays a big role. As a rule, it becomes the most memorable.

The first and one of the most outstanding victories of Aleksey Yuryevich Nemov in artistic gymnastics was awarded a gold medal at the championship of Soviet youth. Then the talent of the Tolyatinsky school of sports was only 13 years old.

In 1993, Alyosha became the first at the USSR Cup in all-around, having won the hearts of many judges. On the international arena, he first participated in the Goodwill Games, where he became the first among experienced athletes.

After speaking at these competitions, Alexey felt pain in his back. It turned out to be a relapse of an old injury, after which the doctors removed Nemov from participating in any competitions and prescribed a course of therapy. Despite his illness, the athlete managed to recover. And in 1995 at the World Championships in Japan, at the first and truly main start in his professional career, he won gold in the vault. A year later, in Puerto Rico, he repeats his success, supplementing it with silver in the uneven bars.

Atlanta's Olympic success

After the overwhelming success of the Russian team, Nemov is on the list of Olympians who should go to Atlanta. According to the athlete, he has never encountered preparation and training in the pre-Olympic season, describing them as "hellish torments." But the result was not long in coming - Atlanta submitted, becoming a two-time Olympic champion, Alexei Nemov became famous throughout the world. In addition to two gold medals in the team championship and the vault, the gymnast's individual treasury included such awards as: silver (all-around) and three bronze medals.

Pre-Olympic off-season

After the Olympics in 1997, he was injured, after which he underwent surgery on his shoulder. After a short recovery season, Nemov won another gold at the World Championships in Switzerland. A talented and already at that time world-famous gymnast was awarded the Order of Courage.

The 1999 World Championship, which was held in China, brought Alexei Yuryevich two gold medals and two silver medals. After that, without taking a day's rest, he set to work. The second Olympic Games in his career were at stake.

Triumph in Sydney and the way to Athens

Years of hard training are needed in order to achieve the desired result. Alexei Nemov was already considered an outstanding athlete, but he himself had a different opinion. Having set the goal of getting new medals, Olympic records and achievements, he prepared for days on end for the 2000 Olympics. These games meant a lot to our country, and Nemov understood this very well.

The whole country, sitting at the TV screens, applauded the Russian athlete. He won six medals in Australia, including: two golds (all-around and crossbar), silver (free program) and three bronzes (team competitions, horseback and uneven bars).

At the 2003 World Championships in Anaheim, he won silver on uneven bars and bronze on the crossbar.

"Evil Judicial Rock" - Athens 2004

Alexey Yurievich continued to prepare diligently. He still, and contrary to all the forecasts of skeptics, was the main hope of the Russian team and the favorite of the competition. The injury received before the Olympics haunted the coaching staff of gymnasts, but the willpower and courage of Alexei Nemov were at an incredible level.

Entering the platform for gymnastic exercises, he showed an impeccable program, but on the final chord he stumbled a little during the dismount. But, despite this, everyone expected very high marks. During the performance of the athlete, commentators repeatedly repeated that he shows the technique of the 21st century, no one has ever repeated this. Indeed, having made about six flights, a combination of three flights by Tkachev and Ginger, he set a new trend for the future generation. Unfortunately, and to the deepest bewilderment of the public, the judges gave such low marks that the roar of the stands for eight minutes spoke for itself. The performance of the next participant was disrupted and the competition was suspended. A score of 9.725 points buried Alexei's chances for a gold and silver medal. Under the yoke of the stands, the judges began to review the performances, changed their opinions and assessments, but this was not enough. As a result, 9.762 points deprived Nemov of the medal of the Olympic Games in Athens.

All sorts of experts analyzed the technique of Alexei Nemov's performance from photos and videos for a long time, all unanimously claimed that he had won.

This incident became so egregious that it affected the further grading system in gymnastics and led to the removal of some judges from work.

After the 2004 Olympiad, Alexey Yuryevich Nemov officially stopped his performances on the gymnastic mat and ended his professional career.

Domestic awards

In addition to sports medals, the outstanding athlete received many state awards.

Order of Courage - issued on January 6, 1997 - for services to the country and high sports results at the 26th Summer Olympic Games;
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" of the fourth degree - issued on April 19, 2001 - for contribution to the development of sports, high sports achievements at the 27th Summer Olympic Games;
The Order of Honor - issued on February 18, 2006 - for his contribution to the development of sports and high achievements in sports.

Foreign recognition

Alexey Nemov was also awarded praise from foreign colleagues.

In 2004, after a performance in Athens, the Russian athlete voluntarily went out to comfort the audience, asking them to let the next athlete perform. He thanked with gestures all those who came to watch his performance, and those who sympathize with artistic gymnastics. For this noble act, he received a special prize from the international committee of Fair Play.

In 2005, Nemov was awarded a similar award, only from the hands of the chairman of the Polish Olympic Committee, Piotr Nurovsky.

In 2008, a special prize was presented at the Laureus World Sports Awards.

Personal life and family of Alexei Nemov

At the moment, Alexey is married to his first wife Galina. He met his future chosen one at a sports base, where he spent a lot of time preparing for competitions.

After the Olympic Games in Atlanta, Galina moved to Togliatti with her son Evgeny. Another gift adorned Sydney's success - his wife Galina gave Nemov a son, who was named after his father Alexei.

The biography of Alexei Yuryevich Nemov is very complex, like that of any famous athlete. There were ups and downs, unwanted people came across. But, having survived this heavy burden and defying fate, he became a great man.

Biography of Alexei Nemov.

Alexey Nemov was born on May 28, 1976 in the village of. Barashevo (Mordovia, Russian Federation). When Alexei was very young, his father left the family and his mother and Lesha moved to Tolyatti. At the age of five, the boy began to do gymnastics at the youth school of the Olympic reserve of the Volga Automobile Plant. Since 1983, the gymnast has been training under the guidance of the honored coach of Russia Evgeny Nikolko.

Nemov is one of the few centenarians of artistic gymnastics. First victories came to the gymnast in Soviet times when in 1989 he became the winner of the USSR Youth Championship. In 1990, Alexei became a multiple winner at the Student Youth Spartakiad. In 1991 the Soviet Union collapsed, a difficult period for sports began, many sports schools were closed, the coaches of the "Soviet machine" in demand went abroad. But the fifteen-year-old athlete did not quit gymnastics, but continued to train hard, so that years later he would become one of the best athletes in the history of Russia.

In 1992, Alexei Nemov became a member of the Russian national gymnastics team. Every year the results of the athlete are improving. Gradually, the gymnast turns from promising to one of the strongest in the world. In 1993, Nemov became the owner of the RSFSR Cup in the all-around, the following year the winner of the Russian Championship, a three-time winner of the European Championship and a two-time world champion.

In 1995, the pre-Olympic year, the talented gymnast again became the world champion. He confirms this title next year in San Juan (Puerto Rico) just before the Olympic Games in Atlanta.

On the Games of the XXVI Olympiad Alexey Nemov rode in the rank of favorite. In the program of competitions in artistic gymnastics, eight sets of medals were played for men. Russian gymnast managed to win six awards- 2 gold (team championship and vault), 1 silver (absolute championship), 3 bronze (crossbar, horse, floor exercises). In total, Russian gymnasts won 8 medals in Atlanta. For his brilliant performance at the Olympic Games, Nemov was awarded the state prize - Order of Courage. However, Alexei was only twenty years old, and he was not going to give up sports. A year later, the gymnast won a gold medal at the World Championships in Lausanne in floor exercises. At the next world forum in Chinese Tianjin (1999), Nemov becomes a two-time world champion.

In 2000, the Russian champion participates in Sydney Olympics, where it repeats the success of four years ago. In Australia, Nemov also wins six awards. This time 2 gold medals in the absolute championship and exercises on the crossbar, silver in floor exercises, bronze medals in the team championship, exercises on uneven bars and pommel horse. After the Games in Sydney, Alexei Nemov was recognized as the best athlete on the planet, he was awarded a sports Oscar at the World Sports Awards.

However, this gymnast was not enough. Despite the numerous injuries that quite often haunt gymnasts, Nemov was preparing with might and main for Athens 2004 Olympic Games. Arriving in the capital of Greece, the four-time Olympic champion dreamed of climbing the Olympic podium here as well. But something happened that sports fans will remember for a long time. In an exercise on the crossbar, Alexei Nemov showed the most difficult program in the history of artistic gymnastics, but received from the refereeing team the worst marks at that time. What happened next is hard to describe. The stands roared, for more than 10 minutes the fans angrily chanted at the judges, the competition was suspended. The excited judges slightly raised their marks, but this was not enough for Nemov to climb the podium. The hall continued to make noise and at that moment ... Alexey Nemov came out on the platform, thanked the audience for their support and asked them to calm down. For this noble act, the gymnast was awarded a special prize by the International Fair Play Committee. After the Games, some judges were suspended from the competition and Nemov received an official apology.

After the Olympic Games in Athens, Alexei Nemov ended his sports career, but as they say, talented people are talented in everything. In 2006 Nemov presents author's show "Legend of Sports". Such famous athletes as Alina Kabaeva, Irina Chashchina, Nikolai Podgorny and others took part in the performance program. In subsequent years, Alexey was the initiator of the Flights of Time and Pulse of Victory projects. Also, the legendary gymnast is a member of the Russian Artistic Gymnastics Federation, works as a coach, is involved in politics - a member of the United Russia party.

early years

Galina Nemova was born in 1971 in the city of Kashira, Moscow Region, in an ordinary working-class family. In addition to her, her parents had two more daughters and two sons.

At the age of 13, Galya became friends with a boy who protected her, as best he could, from life's hardships. At the age of 19 they got married, and then the girl began to wait for her beloved from the army. In 1991, the couple had a son, Zhenya, whom Galina's husband simply adored. During this period, Nemova's personal life aroused the envy of others, since few of her friends could boast of such a spouse. Like many young families, they lived with their parents in rather cramped conditions. When the child was 2 years old, Galya was offered to go to work in order to be able to get a separate apartment.

Acquaintance with Nemov

In 1994, Galina got a job at the Krugloye Lake sports base as an administrator. As the girl later recalled, when she first saw Lesha, she was amazed at how kind his eyes were. However, her parents raised their daughters in strictness and respect for family values, so even the very thought of cheating on her husband was unacceptable for her.

Nevertheless, the young administrator of the sports base had the warmest relations with the gymnasts. Over time, the guys from the national team got used to waiting for Galya to close the training hall in order to go with her to the hotel, where they were accommodated during the summer training camp. One of those who always tried to be close to a charming girl was Alexei Nemov. During such walks, they talked about everything in the world, and when the young man left, Galya felt that a piece of her heart had been torn off.

"The escape"

For 2 whole years, Galina Nemova was torn between the duty of a married woman and her love for a handsome athlete, for whom girls sighed in all corners of our vast country. She hid her feelings from everyone, hoping to overcome herself, especially since her loving husband did not give her any reason for displeasure.

Meanwhile, Alexei was also tormented by unrequited love, as he understood that he needed only Galina, and without her he would not be happy.

In 1996, after the Olympic Games in Atlanta, he first rushed to the hall, but it turned out that Galina's dad had died, and she was not at all up to global changes in her personal life. Then the young man pulled himself together and tried with all his might to alleviate the grief of his beloved, without jeopardizing her reputation as an exemplary wife and mother.

It took another two years for Galina to decide to take her son in her arms and go to Alexei Nemov in Tolyatti. As the girl recalls today, taking this decisive step, she did not even think about the consequences, since the only thing she wanted was to finally be close to her beloved.

Divorce

The first husband of Galina Nemova had a hard time with the departure of his wife, regarding it as a betrayal. The man did not understand how he deserved such an attitude from the girl, whom he idolized literally from school. In addition, he suffered from separation from his beloved son, since Galina took their common child to another city, and they could not see each other often.

Nevertheless, the couple managed to divorce in a civilized manner. According to Galina, her ex-husband showed all his best qualities, for which she appreciated him for so many years. For her, even today he remains the father of Zhenya's eldest son and a close person worthy of all respect.

Second marriage

Nemov's wife Galina, in one of her interviews, told reporters that she and her husband celebrate August 8 as the day of their marital union. However, the couple officially got married on June 2, 2000 in Tolyatti, just before the Olympic Games in Sydney. By the way, the youngest son of Galina Nemova - Alexei - was born a few days after the wedding ceremony, when his dad defended the honor of our country at the gymnastic stadium in Australia. The birth took place in Moscow to the sounds of the famous hit of the 90s. When the young mother heard on the radio the words "Because you have Alyoshka", she realized that the baby should be called Lesha and nothing else.

Family life

In the first years of marriage, Galina Nemova, whose biography you already know in her youth, was very worried about the relationship between her eldest son and her husband Alexei. The boy began a difficult transition period, and he may have been jealous of his mother for his younger brother. When Zhenya was 15 years old, the teenager decided that he would live with his father, and went to him in Kashira. There he almost died. Riding with a girlfriend on a moped, the guy got into an accident. The girl died on the spot, and Eugene ended up in the hospital with a complex injury. Alexey helped save his life and health, who took him to the best doctors. Thanks to the care of his mother and stepfather, Zhenya recovered and was able to get a good education.

Another son of Galina Nemova, whose date of birth is known only to a narrow circle of close people, was born in August 2009. The woman found out about her pregnancy on New Year's Eve, after a festive banquet in a Tokyo hotel. The birth of a baby made Galina's family even stronger and happier. As for Alexei, he would be overjoyed!

Scandal

In February 2016, Galina Nemova, whose biography, age and details of her first marriage became known to the public only in recent years, commented on an unpleasant incident involving a fight involving her husband. According to the woman, she asked him to stop the car and wait a couple of minutes so that she could go to the ladies' room. In the meantime, activists of the StopHam movement approached the car, in which Nemov was sitting with their youngest son. They wanted to stick their "signature" sticker on the windshield of the car. The former athlete got out of the car and tried to prevent young people who have been trying to deal with traffic violations for several years. The case ended in a fight. Galina Nemova (aged 45 at the time of the incident) claimed that her husband's car stood parked on the second line for only 5-7 minutes, and the activists themselves provoked her husband. The way Galina and Alexei behaved in a situation with members of the StopHam movement caused disapproving responses among the athlete's fans, who believed that the spouses should have simply apologized, and not aggravated the conflict situation.

Relations with the press

Galina Nemova is older than her husband. She believes that this circumstance and the fact that Alexey married a girl with a child caused a bunch of envious and ill-wishers to appear in their couple. That is why a woman tries not to pay attention to what is written about her husband in the yellow press, and gives interviews only to media that are trustworthy and have not stained themselves with juggling of facts and dirty insinuations.

The Nemov family today

In October 2012, sports fans were able to witness the premiere of the magnificent show “Legends of Sports. Climbing. Together with Svetlana Khorkina and Laysan Utyasheva, the famous Olympic champion Alexei Nemov also took part in it. It cost him a lot of effort, since in September the athlete lost his mother and was very upset by this loss. In a difficult life period, he was supported by Galina Nemova.

And today she continues to be the main assistant to her husband in solving any problems, inspires him to new achievements. In particular, at the moment, the famous athlete is busy building the Nemov Center gymnastics center in Togliatti. Its opening is scheduled for 2020. Probably, Galina's experience as an administrator will be very useful there.