Anastasia Valeryevna "Nastia" Lyukina is a Russian-American creative gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic particular person all-around Champion, 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 particular person, Liukin is tied with Shannon Miller and Alicia Sacramone as the American gymnasts having gained probably the most World Championship medals. Liukin has also tied Miller's report because the American gymnast having received the most medals in a single non-boycotted Olympic Games.

The daughter of two former Soviet champion gymnasts, Olympic gold medalist Valeri Liukin - the first man to do a triple backflip - and World Champion rhythmic gymnast Anna Kotchneva, Nastia Liukin was born in Moscow and moved to the United States as a younger child. She started gymnastics after spending time within the gymnasium while her dad and mom coached. Liukin is coached by her father on the World Olympic Gymnastics Academy, her household's gymnastics club in Plano, Texas.

Liukin became a member of the U.S. junior nationwide staff when she was 12 years previous and gained the Nationwide all-round title on 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-round U.S. Nationwide Champion, successful twice as a junior and twice as a senior. She has been the U.S. senior Nationwide 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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