Born: May 28, 1976
Country: Russia
Weight: 75 kgs
Height: 175 cm
Event: Gymnastics
Olympic Record:
1996 Atlanta Olympics: 1st Teams, 1st Vault, 2nd All Around, 3rd Horizontal Bars, 3rd Pommel Horse, 3rd Floor Exercise
2000 Olympic Games: 3rd Teams, 1st All Around, 2nd Floor Exercise, 3rd Pommel Horse, 3rd Parallel Bars, 1st Horizontal Bars
Other Records:
1999 European Masters: 1st Nation
1999 World Championships: 2nd Team, 1st Floor Exercise, 1st Pommel Horse
2000 World Stars: 1st All Around
2000 European Championships: 1st Team
2003 European Team Championships: 1st Team
Aleksei Nemov is one of the world's top gymnasts and is aiming to be the most decorated Olympic athlete in history at the Athens Games. The Russian has won six medals in eight men's events in Atlanta and six more in Sydney bringing the total to 12 medals. He is within reach of the men's Olympic record of 15 held by Soviet gymnast Nikolai Andrianov.
He has repeatedly suffering from his shoulder, the injury prevented him from doing all around in many an occasion, as still rings is impossible to compete with a shoulder injury.
But nothing can deter the defending Olympic all-around champion, as he is looking forward to compete for his third straight all-around medal in Athens; he won silver in 1996. Whatever be the fate of this champion he will always be remembered by fans around the world as ‘sexy Aleksei’, who is one of the most decorated athlete in Olympics.
But nothing can deter the defending Olympic all-around champion, as he is looking forward to compete for his third straight all-around medal in Athens; he won silver in 1996. Whatever be the fate of this champion he will always be remembered by fans around the world as ‘sexy Aleksei’, who is one of the most decorated athlete in Olympics.