Liya Asylbekovna Nurkina (Kazakh: Лия Асылбековна Нуркина; born September 28, 1984 in Guryev) is a Kazakhstani taekwondo practitioner. 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.