Valeri Liukin

Valeri Viktorovich Liukin (Russian: Валерий Викторович Люкин, born 17 December 1966 in Aktyubinsk, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union) is a retired competitive artistic gymnast who competed for the former Soviet Union. Liukin is 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. He is now a coach. Liukin is the first man to do a triple back flip on fl... More

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  • Dec 17, 1966 (age 45 years)

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  • 1.63 m (5.35 ft )
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