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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.
Mar 3, 2022 · Valeri Liukin, the father of Olympic champion Nastia Liukin, is under investigation for verbal and psychological abuse of young gymnasts. Multiple former athletes said he berated, belittled and forced them to train injured or overweight.
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The USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal relates to the sexual abuse of hundreds of gymnasts—primarily minors —over two decades in the United States, starting in the 1990s. It is considered the largest sexual abuse scandal in sports history. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Sep 16, 2016 · Valeri Liukin, a four-time Olympic medalist and father of 2008 Olympic champion Nastia Liukin, was chosen the successor to Karolyi on Friday. Karolyi retired last month after guiding Team USA to nine medals at the Rio Olympics, including four golds for all-around champion Simone Biles.
Mar 3, 2022 · The former Olympic and World champion is under investigation by the U.S. Center for SafeSport for verbal and mental abuse of young gymnasts. He is also the front-runner to be the women's national team high-performance director for USA Gymnastics, despite the allegations.
Headquartered in Frisco, Texas, we train all levels of gymnasts from recreational level to Elite. Together, WOGA’s co-founders, Olympic Champion, Valeri Liukin and World Sports Acrobatic Champion, Yevgeny Marchenko, built one of the largest, most successful training programs in the world.
Valeri Liukin. Class of 2016 · Disciplines (s): Women's Artistic · Inducted as: Coach. Liukin is a co-founder and owner of WOGA. He coached Nastia Liukin, who won the 2008 Olympic all-around title and has five Olympic and nine World medals to her credit; Rebecca Bross, who has six World medals; Katelyn Ohashi, who has five U.S. junior titles, ...
