Valeri Viktorovich Liukin (Russian: Валерий Викторович Люкин, born 17 December 1966 in Aktyubinsk, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian-American retired artistic gymnast turned gymnastics coach. Olympic gymnast Nastia Liukin and her NFL player boyfriend decided to swap sports for their Halloween costumes, and the results are incredible.. Nastia, … In 2005, Liukin won her first senior National Championships and, once again, earned gold medals on the bars and beam. Photo: SplashNews Although five-time Olympic medal winner Nastia Liukin may be retired from gymnastics, the athlete is still passionate about the. Her Kazakh-born father and coach, Valery Lyukin, won four medals for the Soviet Union at the 1988 Olympic Nastia Liukin, American gymnast who won five medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, more than any other gymnast at the Games. Liukin has said he has evolved as a coach, but said it was best for him and his family if he stepped down. In the wake of the sexual abuse scandal that shook USA Gymnastics to its core, former Olympian Nastia Liukin … Nastia Liukin apologizes for laughing when asked about McKayla Maroney's assault as her USA team coach dad is accused of fostering an environment where … 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.

At the 2005 World Championships in Melbourne, she finished second in the all-around behind teammate Chellsie Memmel with a score of 37.823. Liukin, the national team coordinator of the U.S. Women's gymnastics program, is among what many see as the "old guard" in gymnastics, whose …