“At times dad showed toughness”: the sons of Alexei Nemov spoke about their upbringing in the family
43-year-old Alexey Nemov is a gymnast, four-time Olympic champion. He and his wife Galina have two children, sons Alexey and Dmitry. Alexey is already studying at the university to become a journalist, and Dmitry is still a schoolboy - he is nine years younger than his brother.
Recently, the children of the famous gymnast gave an interview to StarHit, in which they talked about themselves and their family.
According to Alexey and Dmitry, their parents enrolled them in sports clubs in early childhood. Both initially did gymnastics, but later changed their preferences.
Alexey Nemov and his sons
Dmitry became interested in karate, and Alexey tried to attend swimming, basketball and volleyball classes, but ended up taking up modern dancing. Dmitry participates in his father’s show “Legends of Sports,” but neither he nor his brother see themselves in professional sports.
Nemov’s children admit that the family has a rather strict parenting style. Alexey said that at times his father “showed toughness, he could even punish,” and Nemov himself does not deny this:
“When Alexey was little, I insisted that he do push-ups. One day Lesha complained in tears: “Dad, when you are 70 years old, I will make you do 100 push-ups.” I then replied: “My boy, I will only be happy if I can do this 100 times at such a respectable age.”
Alexey Nemov with his wife Galina and son Dmitry
The brothers communicate well, the older one helps the younger one with his homework. Alexey remembered that he was sitting with little Dima when his parents left: he bathed his brother, fed him and played with him. But conflicts, of course, happened.
“One day my mother was doing housework, I was playing PlayStation, and my brother was pestering me. He was so annoying that at some point I hit him. And then my mother entered the room. She didn’t say anything, but there was so much disappointment in her eyes... I was terribly ashamed, and I’m still ashamed.”
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The brothers do not yet want to become popular bloggers, preferring to spend their free time differently. Dmitry plays chess with his father, collects Lego, and goes to the movies. Alexey meets with friends and girls. Both sons of the famous gymnast enjoy traveling - Dima travels with his parents for now, and Alexey is already independent.
Young people are already earning money on their own: Alexey is engaged in photography, and Dmitry receives fees for participating in the show.
Alexey and Dmitry have an older brother, Evgeniy, the son of Galina Nemova from her first marriage.
Biography of Alexey Nemov
He started doing gymnastics at the age of six.
His first coaches were Irina Shestakova and Alexander Musaev, later Nemov began training under the guidance of Evgeniy Nikolko.
He played for the sports club of the Ministry of Defense (SK MO) and the AvtoVAZ club.
In 1989, he took part in the USSR Youth Championship, and in 1990, in the USSR Student Spartakiad.
Since 1992, the gymnast has competed in the Russian national team.
Alexey Nemov is the absolute champion of Russia (1996). Champion of Russia in exercises on the horizontal bar (1995, 2000) and on the pommel horse (1999, 2000), winner of the Russian Cup in all-around (1993); silver medalist of the Russian Championship in floor exercises (2000), vault (2000), horizontal bar exercises (2004) and the Russian All-Around Cup (2000), bronze medalist of the Russian All-Around Cup (2004).
World champion in vault (1995, 1996), floor exercise (1997, 1999) and pommel horse (1999); silver medalist in the team championship (1994, 1995) and in the uneven bars exercise (1996); bronze medalist in the team championship (1997), in the exercises on uneven bars (1994), pommel horse (1996) and horizontal bar (2003).
European champion in uneven bars (1994), floor exercise (1998, 2002) and team championship (2000); silver medalist in the team championship (1994, 1998, 2002).
Nemov is the owner of 12 Olympic medals, including four gold.
In 1996, at the Olympic Games in Atlanta (USA), the athlete won gold medals in the team all-around and in the vault. He became a silver medalist in the all-around, a bronze medalist in floor exercises, pommel horse and horizontal bar.
In 2000, at the Olympic Games in Sydney (Australia), Nemov won two gold (in the individual all-around and in the horizontal bar exercise), one silver (in the floor exercise) and three bronze medals (in the team all-around, in the pommel horse exercise and in the exercise uneven bars).
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens (Greece), he performed unsuccessfully in the all-around, but made it to the final on the horizontal bar. The athlete brilliantly performed the most difficult combination among all the participants, but made a small mistake when landing. Outraged by the clearly underestimated score given to him, the spectators expressed their dissatisfaction for ten minutes, not allowing the competition to continue. As a result of this unprecedented incident, Nemov’s grade was increased, but in the end he took only fifth place.
Currently, Alexey Nemov is the editor-in-chief of the Bolshoi Sport magazine.
Since 2011, he has been a member of the United Russia party.
Member of the Patriarchal Council for Culture.
He is a member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, a member of the commission for mass sports work and the preservation of the health of military personnel.
Nemov will be the ambassador of the city of Saransk at the 2020 FIFA World Cup.
Reserve Colonel.
He was awarded the Order of Courage (1997), the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (2001), the Order of Honor (2006), and has received public awards.
In 2005, the gymnast was awarded the International Olympic Committee Fair Play award - the Pierre de Coubertin Prize in the category “For Action”.
Together with 46 sports legends, Nemov is part of the Laureus World Sports Academy.
Alexey Nemov is married and has two sons.
The material was prepared based on information from RIA Novosti and open sources
Second marriage
Nemov’s wife Galina told reporters in one of her interviews 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, immediately before the Olympic Games in Sydney. By the way, Galina Nemova’s youngest son, Alexey, was born a few days after the wedding ceremony, when his dad defended the honor of our country at the gymnastics stadium in Australia. The birth took place in Moscow to the sounds of the famous hit of the 90s. When the young mother heard the words “Because you have Alyoshka” on the radio, she realized that the baby should be named Lesha and nothing else.
Foreign recognition
Alexey Nemov was also praised by his foreign colleagues.
In 2004, after a performance in Athens, a Russian athlete voluntarily came out to console the audience, asking them to let the next athlete perform. With gestures, he thanked 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 Fair Play Committee.
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 awarded at the Laureus World Sports Awards.
Alexey Nemov started a fight on the road
Alexey Nemov // Photo: Instagram
Titled athlete Alexey Nemov became a participant in a brawl in the center of Moscow. The incident was caused by a parking space. Stopping in the second row on the road, activists of the StopHam movement decided to remind the Olympic champion that his car was disturbing other road users. But Alexey did not follow the advice of traffic participants, for which a large sticker was glued to the windshield of his car. It indicated that the motorist was not following parking rules. After this, the famous athlete got out of the car and hit one of the activists in the face.
It must be said that the video recording that was made during the incident shows that the civil activist himself did not remain in debt. A slight scuffle ensued between the men.
Alexey Nemov’s wife Galina presented her vision of the unpleasant situation that had occurred. According to her, Alexey stopped so that she could briefly get out of the car. Moreover, their child was in the car and saw the entire incident. In addition, the athlete waited until the first parking space became available to take it.
“They immediately started knocking on the glass and acting rudely, and that’s why Lesha couldn’t stand it. He couldn’t leave because I was without a phone. The cars in front simply drove away and did not interfere with what was happening,” Nemova said.
Moreover, the wife of the Olympic champion shared that her husband suffered serious damage during the brawl. After falling to the ground, Alexei's gold wristwatch broke. Moreover, Galina believes that their rights were violated, and therefore they may well contact law enforcement agencies and write a statement.
Alexey’s wife assures that she was gone for a short time // Photo: Instagram
It often happens that some celebrities, taking advantage of their popularity, try to smooth out the conflict, and many are ready to make concessions to them. However, the young man Muhammad, a participant in the StopHam movement, did not recognize the famous champion. But according to him, even this would not stop him from remarking on the violator of traffic rules.
“To be honest, I didn’t know it was Nemov. Only later did I see on the recording that he was a famous athlete. I didn’t know who it was, for me it was the same person as everyone else. People are not divided into champions and non-champions. You need to convey to the person that he is not behaving well. I had no desire to get into a fight,” said Mohammed, a member of the StopHam movement, in an interview with LifeNews TV channel.
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The Nemov family today
In October 2012, sports fans were able to witness the premiere of the magnificent show “Legends of Sports. Ascension". The famous Olympic champion Alexey Nemov took part in it, along with Svetlana Khorkina and Laysan Utyasheva. This cost him a lot of effort, since in September the athlete lost his mother and took this loss seriously. During a difficult period in his life, Galina Nemova supported him.
And today she continues to be her husband’s main assistant in solving any problems and inspires him to new achievements. In particular, at the moment, the famous athlete is busy with the construction of the Nemov Center gymnastics center in Tolyatti. Its opening is scheduled for 2020. Galina’s experience as an administrator will probably be very useful there.
Now you know how old Galina Nemova is, how she met her husband and what difficulties they had to overcome on the path to family happiness.
Alexey Nemov: childhood, beginning of a sports career
The future gymnast was born in the small village of Barashevo, in the Republic of Mordovia, in 1976, on May 28, in an ordinary family not associated with sports. When little Lesha was only three years old, his father left the family. The mother raised the child on her own, and therefore often faced various difficulties, including financial ones. Soon she and her son moved to live in Tolyatti, where the future Olympic champion spent his childhood and youth. At the age of five and a half years, my mother brought her heir to the Olympic Reserve Youth Sports School, to the artistic gymnastics section. The famous coach Evgeniy Nikolko became the mentor of young Nemov, who immediately saw enormous potential in the boy, calling him the future of national artistic gymnastics. The coach’s predictions soon began to come true, and already at the age of 13, the young gymnast won the USSR Youth Championship.
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Alexey was not limited to sports training alone; he also studied well at school, and after receiving a certificate, he became a student at the State Pedagogical University. Higher education later allowed Nemov to receive the position of editor-in-chief of the authoritative magazine Bolshoy Sport. While still a student, the athlete became a two-time Olympic champion, winning two gold, one silver and three bronze medals in Atlanta. Four years later, he repeated his success at the Sydney Olympics, with exactly the same number and ratio of medals. In addition, Alexey became world champion five times and also won the European Championship.
