1966 - Today
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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valeri Liukin has received more than 584,411 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Valeri Liukin is the 149th most popular gymnast (down from 92nd in 2019), the 90th most popular biography from Kazakhstan (down from 89th in 2019) and the most popular Kazakhstani Gymnast.
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Among gymnasts, Valeri Liukin ranks 149 out of 183. Before him are Daniel Norling, Kōji Gushiken, Yevgeniya Kanayeva, Henrietta Ónodi, Roland Brückner, and Aliya Mustafina. After him are Vanessa Ferrari, Mariana Constantin, Linoy Ashram, Simona Amânar, Simona Păucă, and Kōhei Uchimura.
1888 - 1958
HPI: 39.11
Rank: 143
1956 - Present
HPI: 38.63
Rank: 144
1990 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 145
1974 - Present
HPI: 37.44
Rank: 146
1955 - Present
HPI: 36.82
Rank: 147
1994 - Present
HPI: 36.68
Rank: 148
1966 - Present
HPI: 36.28
Rank: 149
1990 - Present
HPI: 36.18
Rank: 150
1960 - Present
HPI: 36.05
Rank: 151
1999 - Present
HPI: 35.91
Rank: 152
1979 - Present
HPI: 35.59
Rank: 153
1969 - Present
HPI: 35.47
Rank: 154
1989 - Present
HPI: 35.20
Rank: 155
Among people born in 1966, Valeri Liukin ranks 537. Before him are Alfred Nijhuis, Richard Grenell, Sergei Shipov, Liane Moriarty, Yoshiyuki Matsuyama, and Pascal Vahirua. After him are Gao Hongbo, Zola Budd, Tab Ramos, Samir Rifai, Troy Aikman, and Heimo Pfeifenberger.
1966 - Present
HPI: 36.47
Rank: 531
1966 - Present
HPI: 36.46
Rank: 532
1966 - Present
HPI: 36.39
Rank: 533
1966 - Present
HPI: 36.33
Rank: 534
1966 - Present
HPI: 36.31
Rank: 535
1966 - Present
HPI: 36.31
Rank: 536
1966 - Present
HPI: 36.28
Rank: 537
1966 - Present
HPI: 36.27
Rank: 538
1966 - Present
HPI: 36.26
Rank: 539
1966 - Present
HPI: 36.23
Rank: 540
1966 - Present
HPI: 36.23
Rank: 541
1966 - Present
HPI: 36.22
Rank: 542
1966 - Present
HPI: 36.20
Rank: 543
Among people born in Kazakhstan, Valeri Liukin ranks 90 out of 154. Before him are Shamil Serikov (1956), Andrey Kivilev (1973), Olga Rypakova (1984), Boris Alexandrov (1955), Alexander Merkel (1992), and Ruslan Baltiev (1978). After him are Elena Likhovtseva (1975), Maxim Iglinsky (1981), Serik Sapiyev (1983), Vassiliy Jirov (1974), Yermakhan Ibraimov (1972), and Ömürbek Babanov (1970).
1956 - 1989
HPI: 37.48
Rank: 84
1973 - 2003
HPI: 37.42
Rank: 85
1984 - Present
HPI: 37.25
Rank: 86
1955 - 2002
HPI: 37.20
Rank: 87
1992 - Present
HPI: 36.91
Rank: 88
1978 - Present
HPI: 36.58
Rank: 89
1966 - Present
HPI: 36.28
Rank: 90
1975 - Present
HPI: 36.03
Rank: 91
1981 - Present
HPI: 35.71
Rank: 92
1983 - Present
HPI: 35.26
Rank: 93
1974 - Present
HPI: 35.01
Rank: 94
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.93
Rank: 95
1970 - Present
HPI: 34.79
Rank: 96
Among gymnasts born in Kazakhstan, Valeri Liukin ranks 1.