Nastia Liukin
Nastia Liukin
Anastasia Valeryevna "Nastia" Liukinis a Russian American retired artistic gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic individual all-around champion, 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. Liukin...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGymnast
Date of Birth30 October 1989
CityMoscow, Russia
CountryUnited States of America
Without my parents and their love and support in my life, I would not be who I am or where I am today.
This is a huge meet, and I wanted to do more than just come in and try my new skills. I wanted to hit (my routines) and I'll come in tomorrow to hopefully do the same.
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