Alexey Nemov is a famous Russian athlete who won four times at the Olympic Games in gymnastics. What is interesting about his biography and personal life?
Biography of Nemov
Alex was born on May 28, 1976 in the small village of Barashevo in Mordovia. Soon, the boy's parents divorced. Alex and his mother moved to Togliatti. At the age of five, she enrolled her son in the sports school of the Olympic reserve at the automobile plant. Nemov successfully combined his studies at school and sports. This allowed, after receiving a general education, to enter the pedagogical university in Togliatti. As a result, Alexey received a higher education, which later became very useful to him.
The first sports successes to the young man came in 1989, when he became the winner of the USSR Championship among youth. From that moment began his great sports career. Nemov’s first international achievements came in 1996, when the Atlanta Olympics took place. Then Alex was only twenty years old. Nevertheless, this is already quite a mature age for gymnastics. He won two gold, one silver and three bronze medals and became a real hero of the games.
Nemov repeated his exploits four years later in Sydney. He again became the owner of two gold medals and won the absolute championship. By this time, Nemov had already become the main star of this sport. For the honest and uncompromising struggle of Alexei, fans around the world greatly respected.
For the next games in Athens in 2004, Nemov went in the rank of the main favorite. But he did not succeed from the very beginning. And on one of the shells Alexey performed the exercise very cleanly and without blots, but the judges gave him a low rating. Then the audience began to protest violently and did not allow the competition to continue. Then Nemov personally went to the stands and reassured them. As a result, the athlete was left without a medal, but those ungrateful judges were forever deprived of their work license. After the completion of the games, Alex announced the completion of his outstanding sports career.
After that, Nemov found himself in ordinary life. First, Alexei became the founder and founder of the sports show "Legend of Sports", which was attended by the most prominent Russian gymnasts. Then several more projects of this type followed, in which Nemov acted as a producer.
In 2013, Alexei became a member of the United Russia party and one of the advisers to the Minister of Culture. A year later, he was invited to become editor-in-chief of the Bolshoi Sport publication. In parallel with this work, Nemov does not forget about his hometown. For several years now, he has been building the Nemov Center sports complex in Tolyatti, where young gymnasts will be engaged. Its opening is scheduled for 2020.
