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| fullname       = Liya Asylbekovna Nurkina
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| birth_place    = [[Atyrau]], [[Kazakh SSR]]
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{{MedalSport | Women's [[taekwondo]]}}
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{{MedalBronze|[[2007 Summer Universiade|2007 Bangkok]] | [[Taekwondo at the 2007 Summer Universiade|67 kg]]}}
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'''Liya Asylbekovna Nurkina''' ({{lang-kk|Лия Асылбековна Нуркина}}; born September 28, 1984 in [[Atyrau]]) is a Kazakhstani [[taekwondo]] practitioner.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|Liya Nurkina|http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/nu/liya-nurkina-1.html|30 December 2012}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Wu|first=Chen|title=Taekwondo produces 1st gold for Chinese Taipei at Universiade|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/10/content_6509708.htmpublisher=Xinhua News Agency|date=10 August 2007|accessdate=30 December 2012}}</ref>

Nurkina qualified for the [[Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 67 kg|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]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Villar|first=Joey|title=Rivero earns ticket to 2008 Olympics|url=http://www.philstar.com/sports/30469/rivero-earns-ticket-2008-olympics|publisher=[[Philippine Star]]|date=30 November 2007|accessdate=28 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Asian Taekwondo Qualification Tournament Kicks Off in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Nov. 28 for 3-Day Run|url=http://www.wtf.org/site/news/newsletter_20071228.htm|publisher=[[World Taekwondo Federation]]|date=28 December 2007|accessdate=28 December 2012}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 67kg (148 lbs) Preliminary Round of 16|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/taekwondo/resultsandschedules/rsc=TKW067408/index.html|publisher=[[NBC Olympics]]|accessdate=30 December 2012}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.taekwondodata.com/liya-nurkina.a6vp.html Profile – Taekwondo Data]
*[http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=65063/bio/index.html NBC Olympics Profile]

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[[Category:Kazakhstani female taekwondo practitioners]]
[[Category:1984 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Olympic taekwondo practitioners of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:People from Atyrau]]
[[Category:Taekwondo practitioners at the 2006 Asian Games]]


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