The famous gymnast, the Olympic champion Alexei Nemov clearly does not bored after the end of the sports career. He leads an active social life, makes a large sports and theater show. And he is her husband and father.
- Alexey, you have a tight schedule and a lot of projects. Your recent show "Sports Legends" is a very difficult event. Probably, it takes away the mass of the forces?
- Of course, rehearsals and the solution of organizational issues occupied a huge amount of time and strength, the schedule turned out to be quite tense, but I like such a rhythm of life.
- Those who have seen your show, made sure that you are in great shape. How do you support it?
- Training almost every day, performing pushups, squats, make racks on hand. Two or three times a week I spend training on the shells.
- What would you advise those young people who want to seriously engage in gymnastics and become successful?
- In any case, you need to put your goals and objectives and gradually go to their implementation. In sports gymnastics, it is very important in hard work - in my opinion, this is the most valuable quality, along with natural data. The ability to listen and hear the coach and move with him forward step by step, do not lower your hands and not give up, even if something does not work. No matter how difficult is the situation, you can always find a way out - remember it always. And of course, a successful athlete never stops on the achieved. Compeced with himself first of all, it grows and develops, overcomes new heights, this is a daily very hard work, to this you have to be prepared.
- I heard that you were offered to act in the movies, but for some reason it did not work ...
"Yes, I was offered to play in the film" Champions ", but I refused, because I did not like the role. Despite this failed debut, the desire to play in big cinema - perhaps in some movie about sports gymnastics - I have left, so I'm open for invitations. (Smiles.)
Alexey and Galina Nedov are already twenty years old together, and during this time two sons appeared in the family
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- Do you have time to rest with your employment? And if it appears, how do you spend it?
- We try to travel in the summer. This year the whole family was in Spain and France. I try to go more often in my native Togliatti, I have a favorite place there - a pier on the embankment, where in my childhood I spent a lot of time. This place literally charges me with energy, every time before and after the Olympiad I came there and I still come to the first opportunity. In general, practically no time for personal hobbies. I try to spend any free minute with my family. Last winter got up to the mountain skiing, we really liked to ride. Perhaps this will become our family hobby.
- You have two sons, and probably there was a temptation to bring up a sports dynasty. But the senior is preparing to become a journalist ...
- Lesha is a very creative guy; It seems to me that he went to Mom. Since childhood, he writes poems, recently carried away film photography, and, I must say, it turns out excellent work. It is clear that any parent will praise your child, but this is not only my opinion, so consider numerous customers who turn to the son behind the filming. Of course, Lesha was engaged in sports in childhood and in adolescence, but he immediately made it clear that he would not be a professional athlete, and I didn't have a goal of the gymnasts dynasty. My mission is to raise honest, decent, hardworking people, it was to this that I put every effort, and what they would choose in life, depends on them.
- Your youngest son is now ten years old. How does he relate to the sport?
- Dima is engaged in karate and swimming, often participates in school competitions. But he does not want to associate life with a big sport, and I do not insist. It is important for me to be just sports and physically developed.
- What kind of father are you: strict or like to indulge children?
- It happens in different ways, I can be tough, and soft, I can and clap your fist on the table, and to get up for a child, it all depends on the situation and mood at the moment. Of course, as in any family, there are moments of misunderstanding, the eternal problems of fathers and children, but we always try to treat each other with respect and find compromises.
Despite all his concerns, Alexey tries to spend as much time in the family as much time. And it clearly gives him great pleasure.
Photo: Personal archive
- Arrange with your wife on the maturity of children?
- There are disputes and quarrels in any normal family. Of course, we are no exception, it happens, on the same situation with Galina, we look different, but always try to hear each other and come to the general opinion. I have a very wise wife, she is a magnificent diplomat and knows how to smooth sharp corners. Thanks to her at home for the most part peace and harmony.
- I can assume that your championship is still somehow manifested ...
- It is very difficult to answer the question of your character. Of course, I have a rod; Without him, I would not have won so many awards and would not be four times the Olympic champion. But I can not call himself conflict, always try to act on the conscience.
- Does your spouse understand the sports intricacies?
- When we met at the training base of Lake Round, Galina was already connected with the sports world. Having spent more than twenty years with an athlete in marriage, of course, she understands sports gymnastics and loves sports in his own way, as he participates in all my projects. She is my support and support in everything. Family is mutual understanding, unconditional support in any situation. If we speak in a sports language, then this is a team, not an individual sport.