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Nastia Liukin Profile |
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Birth Date: October 30, 1989
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Birth Place: Moscow, Russia
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Birth Name: Anastasia Valerievna Liukina
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Height: 5'3"
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Biography |
Nastia Liukin
is a Russian-American artistic gymnast. She is the 2008
Olympic individual all-around gold medalist, the 2005 and
2007 World Champion on the balance beam, and the 2005 World
Champion on the uneven bars. With nine World Championships
medals, seven of them individual, Liukin is tied with
Shannon Miller as the American gymnast having won the most
World Championship medals. Liukin has also tied Miller's and
Mary Lou Retton's records as the American gymnast having won
the most medals in a single Olympic Games.
The daughter of two former Soviet champion gymnasts, Olympic
gold medalist Valeri Liukin and World Champion rhythmic
gymnast Anna Kotchneva, Nastia Liukin was born in Moscow and
moved to the United States as a young child. She began
gymnastics after spending time in the gym while her parents
coached. Liukin is coached by her father at the World
Olympic Gymnastics Academy, her family's gymnastics club in
Plano, Texas.
Liukin became a member of the U.S. junior national team when
she was 12 years old and won the National all-around title
at the age of 13. She was the all-around silver medalist at
the 2003 Pan American Games. Since 2005, Liukin has been a
key member of the U.S. senior team. She is a four-time
all-around U.S. National Champion, winning twice as a junior
and twice as a senior. She has been the U.S. senior National
Champion on the uneven bars since 2005. Liukin has
represented the United States at three World Championships,
the 2003 and 2007 Pan American Games, and the 2006 and 2008
Pacific Rim Championships. |
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Other
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Is an only child
2004 U.S. junior national all-around, bars, beam & floor
champ.
2003 U.S. junior national all-around, bars, beam & floor
champ.
Her dad, Valeri Liukin, was a gymnast for the Soviet Union &
the first gymnast to ever perform a triple back on floor
exercise
2005 U.S. national all-around, bars & beam champ.
Is coached by her dad
Her dad won 3 golds at the 1988 Olympics in team, parallel
bars & high bar as well as the all-around silver
Her mother, Anna Kotchneva Liukin, was the 1987 rhythmic
gymnastic world champion for the Soviet Union
2006 U.S. national all-around, uneven bars & balance beam
champ.
2008 Olympics: team silver, all-around gold, uneven bars
silver, balance beam silver & floor exercise bronze.
2007 Worlds: team gold & uneven bars silver.
2006 Worlds: team silver & uneven bars silver.
2006 & 2008 American Cup all-around champ.
2005 Worlds: all-around silver, uneven bars gold, balance
beam gold & floor exercise silver. |
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since September 26, 2008