Anastasia Valeryevna "Nastia" Lyukina (Russian: Анастасия "Настя" Валерьевна Люкина; born October 30, 1989) is a Russian-American 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. With nine World Championships medals, seven of them individual, Liukin is tied with Shannon Miller and Alicia Sacramone as the American gymnasts having won the most World Championship medals. Liukin has also tied Miller's record as the American gymnast having won the most medals in a single non-boycotted Olympic Games.
Nastia Liukin
Personal information
Nickname(s) Peanut, Bubbly (ShawneyJ on Twitter)[1][2]
Country represented United States
Date of birth January 19, 1992 (1992-01-19) (age 19)[3]
Place of birth Des Moines, Iowa
Hometown Des Moines, Iowa
Height 4 feet 9 inches (1.45 m)[4]
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior International Elite
Years on national team 2004–2008, 2011
Club Chow's Gymnastics and Dance Institute
Head coach(es) Liang Chow
Assistant coach(es) Liwen Zhuang
Music August's Rhapsody from August Rush.
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