Nastia Liukin - 2008 Olympic Gymnast

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Who Is Nastia Liukin?

Anastasia"Nastia" Liukin was born on October 30, 1989 in Moscow, Russia. Her family moved to the U.S. when she was 2 1/2 years old. Her parents never intended for her to be a gymnast - but apparently it was inevitable. She was an elite gymnast by the age of 12.

Prior to the 2008 Olympics, Nastia had become a Senior International Elite gymnast. She had won two World Championships, six time World medalist titles, four US National Champion titles and won both a Pacific Alliance and American Cup title. In 2005 she was also named the Gymnast of the Year by the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame and was a nominee in both the World Top 10 Athletes Award and the US Sport's Academy Athlete of the Year Award. She even has her own line of gymnastics equipment.

Nastia's 2008 Olympic Medal count is as follows:
1 Gold - All Around
3 Silver - Team, Beam, Bars
1 Bronze - Floor

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All About Nastia 

Anastasia Valeryevna "Nastia" Liukin (; born October 30, 1989) is an 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 record as the American gymnast having won 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 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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Nastia Mentoring Young Gymnasts 

This is a picture of Nastia with my neice Tia in July 2008 at the WOGA competitive camp in Dallas.

The WOGA Gym has trained Olympic Gymnasts like Nastia Liukin and Carly Patterson, as well as a number of World Champions.

The WOGA Gym offers competitive team camps, the WOGA Classic, and the Valeri Liukin Invitational. For more information on the WOGA Gym, please visit:
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