Nastia Liukin

Nastia Liukin

Anastasia Valeryevna Liukina (/ˈljuːkɪn/; Russian: Анастасия Валерьевна Люкина [ˈlʲʉkʲɪnə]; born October 30, 1989) is a Russian-born 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). 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. Liukin was a key member of the U.S. senior team. She represented the United States at three World Championships and one Olympic Games. In October 2011, Liukin announced that she was returning to gymnastics with the hopes of making a second Olympic team. Liukin did not make the 2012 Olympic team, and retired from the sport in 2012. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nastia Liukin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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TV Series

Gossip Girl

Gossip Girl

8.197
Make It or Break It

Make It or Break It

7.633
Top Chef

Top Chef

6.6
Dancing with the Stars

Dancing with the Stars

6
Dancing with the Stars

Dancing with the Stars

6
Name That Tune

Name That Tune

6.8
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

5.411
Dancing with the Stars

Dancing with the Stars

6
The View

The View

4.5
Special Forces: World's Toughest Test

Special Forces: World's Toughest Test

7.6

Movies

Olympic Dreams Featuring Jonas Brothers

Olympic Dreams Featuring Jonas Brothers

4
Stick It

Stick It

6.8
Olympians at Heart

Olympians at Heart

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