Anna Kotchneva () (born January 25, 1970) is a former Russian

rhythmic gymnast Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform individually or in groups on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon and rope. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, fle ...

Career

Kotchneva is the 1987

World Champion A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

clubs Club may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Club (magazine), ''Club'' (magazine) * Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character * Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards * Club music * "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea'' Brands a ...

, (tied with

Bianka Panova Bianka Panova (, born May 27, 1970, in Sofia) is a Bulgarian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is a World and European champion and was one of the Golden Girls of Bulgaria that dominated rhythmic gymnastics in the 1980s. She is the 1987 World all ...

), the 1987 World bronze medalist in the hoop, and the 1987 World co-bronze medalist in the

rope A rope is a group of yarns, Plying, plies, fibres, or strands that are plying, twisted or braided together into a larger and stronger form. Ropes have high tensile strength and can be used for dragging and lifting. Rope is thicker and stronger ...

with

Marina Lobatch Marina Vikentyevna Lobatch (, ; born 26 June 1970) is a former Soviet individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 1988 Olympic champion, 1987 world gold medalist in hoop and 1988 European gold medalist in rope and ribbon. Career Lobatch start ...

. Kotchneva is married to former artistic gymnast and Olympic gold medallist,

Valeri Liukin Valeri Viktorovich Liukin (; born 17 December 1966 in Aqtöbe, 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 ...

. Their daughter,

Nastia Liukin Anastasia "Nastia" Valeryevna Liukin (; ; born October 30, 1989) is an Americans, American former artistic gymnast. She is the Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Olympic Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic ind ...

, is a retired United States artistic gymnast who won 5 medals at the

2008 Beijing Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

, including the all-around gold.

References

External links

1987 World Championships Results
* 1970 births Living people Soviet rhythmic gymnasts Russian emigrants to the United States Liukin family Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Gymnasts from Moscow People from Parker, Texas Naturalized citizens of the United States {{Russia-rhythmic-gymnastics-bio-stub