Valeri Liukin
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Valeri Viktorovich Liukin (Russian: Валерий Викторович Люкин; born 17 December 1966 in Aktyubinsk, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union) is a Soviet-born Kazakh-American retired artistic gymnast turned gymnastics coach. As a competitor for the former Soviet Union, Liukin was the 1988 Olympic champion in the team competition and individually on the horizontal bar, and Olympic silver medalist in the all-around and the parallel bars.
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Full name | Valeri Viktorovich Liukin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former countries represented | Kazakhstan Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1966-12-17) 17 December 1966 (age 57) Aktyubinsk, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Parker, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's Artistic Gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | October 6, 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Liukin was the first man to do a triple back flip on floor and both a layout Tkatchev and a Jaeger with full twist on high bar.[2] He also has one of the most difficult skills in men's artistic gymnastics named after him, the triple back (tucked) somersault.
Liukin moved to the United States in 1992 and became a U.S. citizen in 2000. He is married to Anna Kotchneva, and is the father and coach of 2008 Olympic champion Nastia Liukin. He is co-owner of the World Olympic Gymnastics Academy with longtime friend Yevgeny Marchenko.
On 15 December 2015, it was announced that Liukin had been inducted as a part of the 2016 class of the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame.[3]
From 16 September 2016 to 2 February 2018, he was the coordinator for the United States women's national gymnastics team, replacing Márta Károlyi.[4][5][6]
He coached the Brazilian women's gymnastics team as of 2018.[7]