Nastia Liukin

Nastia Liukin
Liukin in 2020
Personal information
Full nameAnastasia Valeryevna Liukina
Nickname(s)Nastia
Born (1989-10-30) October 30, 1989
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Moscow, Russian Federation)
Height5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
United States
(2002–2009, 2011–2012)
GymWorld Olympic Gymnastics Academy
Head coach(es)Valeri Liukin
Former coach(es)Anna Kotchneva
Eponymous skillsLiukin (Balance beam)
RetiredJuly 2, 2012
Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing the  United States
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 3 1
World Championships 4 5 0
Pan American Games 3 3 2
Pacific Rim Championships 5 3 0
American Cup 2 0 0
Total 15 14 3
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing All-around
2008 Beijing Team
2008 Beijing Uneven bars
2008 Beijing Balance beam
2008 Beijing Floor exercise
World Championships
2005 Melbourne Uneven bars
2005 Melbourne Balance beam
2007 Stuttgart Team
2007 Stuttgart Balance beam
2005 Melbourne All-around
2005 Melbourne Floor exercise
2006 Aarhus Team
2006 Aarhus Uneven bars
2007 Stuttgart Uneven bars
Pan American Games
2003 Santo Domingo Team
2003 Santo Domingo Balance beam
2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
2003 Santo Domingo All-around
2007 Rio de Janeiro Uneven bars
2007 Rio de Janeiro Balance beam
2003 Santo Domingo Uneven bars
2003 Santo Domingo Floor exercise
Pacific Rim Championships
2006 Honolulu Team
2006 Honolulu Uneven bars
2008 San Jose Team
2008 San Jose All-around
2008 San Jose Balance beam
2008 San Jose Uneven bars
2006 Honolulu All-around
2006 Honolulu Balance beam
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
All-Around World Cup 2 0 0
Alma materNew York University
Parents
Websitenastialiukin.com

Anastasia "Nastia" Valeryevna Liukin (/ˈljkɪn/; Russian: Анастасия Валерьевна Люкина Russian pronunciation: [ˈlʲʉkʲɪnə]; born October 30, 1989) is a Russian–American former artistic gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic all-around champion, a five-time Olympic medalist, the 2005 and 2007 World champion on the balance beam, and the 2005 World champion on the uneven bars. She is also a four-time all-around U.S. national champion, winning twice as a junior and twice as a senior. With nine World Championships medals, seven of them individual, Liukin is tied with Shannon Miller for the third-highest tally of World Championship medals among U.S. gymnasts. Liukin also tied Miller's record (later equaled by Simone Biles) as the American gymnast having won the most medals in a single non-boycotted Olympic Games. In October 2011, Liukin announced that she was returning to gymnastics with the hopes of making a second Olympic team. Liukin did not make the 2012 Olympic team and retired from the sport on July 2, 2012.

Since 2010, Liukin has hosted the Nastia Liukin Cup, an annual gymnastics competition for the top Level 10 gymnasts in the United States. She has worked as a gymnastics commentator for NBC Sports and appeared on season 20 of Dancing with the Stars. She was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2018 and into the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame in 2019.