Liya Nurkina Explained

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Liya Nurkina
Fullname:Liya Asylbekovna Nurkina
Birth Date:28 September 1984
Birth Place:Guryev, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Weight:670NaN0
Sport:Taekwondo
Event:67 kg
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Liya Asylbekovna Nurkina (Kazakh: Лия Асылбековна Нуркина; born September 28, 1984, in Guryev) is a Kazakhstani taekwondo practitioner.[1] She won two bronze medals for the welterweight division at the 2003 World Taekwondo Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, and at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand.[2]

Nurkina qualified for the women's 67 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after defeating Filipino taekwondo jin Mary Antoinette Rivero in the final match of the Asian Qualification Tournament in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.[3] [4] She lost the preliminary round of sixteen match to France's Gwladys Épangue, who was able to score three points at the end of the game.[5]

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  1. Liya Nurkina. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418121647/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/nu/liya-nurkina-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 30 December 2012.
  2. News: Wu. Chen. Taekwondo produces 1st gold for Chinese Taipei at Universiade. 10 August 2007. 30 December 2012.
  3. News: Villar. Joey. Rivero earns ticket to 2008 Olympics. Philippine Star. 30 November 2007. 28 December 2012.
  4. News: Asian Taekwondo Qualification Tournament Kicks Off in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Nov. 28 for 3-Day Run. World Taekwondo Federation. 28 December 2007. 28 December 2012.
  5. Web site: Women's 67kg (148 lbs) Preliminary Round of 16. NBC Olympics. 30 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120818172343/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/taekwondo/resultsandschedules/rsc=TKW067408/index.html. 18 August 2012. dead.