Nastia Liukin

Nastia Liukin
Liukin in January 2009
Personal information
Full name	Anastasia Valeryevna Liukina
Nickname(s)	Nastia
Country represented	United States
Born	(1989-10-30) October 30, 1989 (age 35) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Moscow, Russian Federation)
Hometown	Parker, Texas, U.S.
Residence	Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Height	5 ft 3 in (160 cm)[1]
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	2002–09, 2011–12[2] (USA)
Gym	World Olympic Gymnastics Academy
Head coach(es)	Valeri Liukin
Former coach(es)	Anna Kotchneva
Eponymous skills	Liukin (Balance beam)
Retired	July 2, 2012[2]
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 mater	New York University
Parents	Valeri Liukin (father) Anna Kotchneva (mother)
Website	nastialiukin.com

Anastasia "Nastia" Valeryevna Liukin OLY (/ˈljuːkɪn/; Russian: Анастасия Валерьевна Люкина Russian pronunciation: [ˈlʲʉkʲɪnə]; born October 30, 1989) is an 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.^[3] 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.^[4] In October 2011, Liukin announced that she was returning to gymnastics with the hopes of making a second Olympic team.^[5] Liukin did not make the 2012 Olympic team and retired from the sport on July 2, 2012.