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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 Kazakh-American retired artistic gymnast currently working as a gymnastics coach. Representing 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. 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. He also has one of the most difficult skills in men's artistic gymnastics named after him, the triple back (tucked) somersault. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Valeri Liukin is the 178th most popular gymnast (up from 180th in 2024), the 100th most popular biography from Kazakhstan (up from 110th in 2019) and the most popular Kazakhstani Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Valeri Liukin ranks 178 out of 370. Before him are Larry Nassar, Gabriel Thorstensen, Aly Raisman, Anna Bessonova, Mariana Constantin, and Li Donghua. After him are Gabby Douglas, Lou Yun, Georgeta Gabor, Simona Păucă, Henrietta Ónodi, and Cătălina Ponor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Valeri Liukin ranks 596. Before him are Heimo Pfeifenberger, Catherine Fleury-Vachon, Charlie Schlatter, Naoki Hattori, Henri-Marie Dondra, and Cláudia Raia. After him are Nestor Subiat, Marusha, Dan O'Brien, Michael Michele, Sture Sivertsen, and Shin Seung-hun.

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In Kazakhstan

Among people born in Kazakhstan, Valeri Liukin ranks 100 out of 193. Before him are David Tonoyan (1967), Olga Shishigina (1968), Maxim Iglinsky (1981), Vladimir Muravyov (1959), Zinaida Amosova (1950), and Grigoriy Yegorov (1967). After him are Alexander Merkel (1992), Dinara Kulibaeva (1968), Oleg Maskayev (1969), Mukhtar Ablyazov (1963), Bakhytzhan Sagintayev (1963), and Murat Nasyrov (1969).

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Among GYMNASTS In Kazakhstan

Among gymnasts born in Kazakhstan, Valeri Liukin ranks 1. 

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