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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Valeri Liukin is the 176th most popular gymnast (up from 179th in 2019), the 98th most popular biography from Kazakhstan (up from 111th in 2019) and the most popular Kazakhstani Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Valeri Liukin ranks 176 out of 370. Before him are Vlasta Děkanová, Larry Nassar, Gabriel Thorstensen, Aly Raisman, Anna Bessonova, and Mariana Constantin. After him are Gabby Douglas, Lou Yun, Simona Păucă, Henrietta Ónodi, Cătălina Ponor, and Claudia Presăcan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Valeri Liukin ranks 564. Before him are Alla Zahaikevych, Heimo Pfeifenberger, Catherine Fleury-Vachon, Naoki Hattori, Henri-Marie Dondra, and Cláudia Raia. After him are Nestor Subiat, Dan O'Brien, Michael Michele, Sture Sivertsen, Shin Seung-hun, and Tatsuya Ishihara.

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In Kazakhstan

Among people born in Kazakhstan, Valeri Liukin ranks 98 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), Oleg Maskayev (1969), Bakhytzhan Sagintayev (1963), Murat Nasyrov (1969), Denis Ten (1993), and Liu Yang (null).

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Among GYMNASTS In Kazakhstan

Among gymnasts born in Kazakhstan, Valeri Liukin ranks 1. 

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