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Who Is Nastia Liukin?
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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- WOGA Dallas Contact Information
- The Official Site of WOGA gymnastics.
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Anastasia Valeryevna "Nastia" Liukin (; born October 30, 1989) 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 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.
2008 Olympic Gymnastics Team Members
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Bridget Sloan - 2008 Olympic Gymnast
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Sloan was a member of the 2007 World Championships Team that claimed the team gold medal. She won a silver on floor exercise and a bronze in the all-around at the 2007 Good Luck Beijing International Tournament, as well as two bronze medals on the un...
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Shawn Johnson - 2008 Olympic Gymnast
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On January 19, 1992 Shawn Machel Johnson Was born. Shawn walked at 9 months without ever bothering to crawl. At age three Shawn tried dance class, but it wasnt exactly what she was looking for. At that point, gymnastics came into the picture and the...
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Chellsie Memmel - 2008 Olympic Gymnast
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Born on June 23, 1988, Chellsie Memmel is the oldest of three daughters to Andrew and Jeanelle Memmel, both of whom were All-American gymnasts and won full college athletic scholarships. Her parents own M&M Gymnastics, where Memmel is coached by her...
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Alicia Sacramone - 2008 Olympic Gymnast
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Alicia Sacramone began her path to becoming a World Champion as a toddler in dance classes. Even a very young age, Alicia was very talented and took tap, jazz, and ballet classes. When she started doing cartwheels while running errands with her mothe...
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Samantha Peszek - 2008 Olympic Gymnast
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Samantha Peszek is 16 years old and a powerhouse gymnast on the USA National Team. She is the first of two daughters to Ed and Luan Peszek, was born on December 14, 1991 in McCordsville, Indiana. As an energetic toddler Samantha took up gymnastics in...
Gymnastics Articles, Gifts & More
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- Lena_In_Love
- @officialTila I'm a nerd, cuz I know EVERYTHING about Nastia Liukin! My calendar is full of gymnastics-pics N I have over 2000 pics of u!
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- @davidarchie i meant: "also, i heard that nastia liukin the gymnast was at the show tonight! too bad i couldnt be there! :P"
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- HelenDoubleyou
- @DavidArchie Nastia Liukin is from there too. she was at the show also. did you see her?
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- auburrito
- Nastia Liukin's going to David/Demi's concert tonight! Like 2 of my favorite people in the same place! <3333
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- sleepbotzz
- for a man who knows Olympic sport, @mikl_em wasn't familiar with Nastia Liukin http://bit.ly/UgAlw yes, her name *is* pronounced that way
Nastia Liukin Videos
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:
WOGA.net
What The Bloggers Are Saying...
- Two ESPY Nominations! » Nastia Liukin's Official Website ...
- Nastia has been nominated in two catagories in 2009 ESPY Awards - Best Female Athlete & Best US Female Olympian. The ESPYS are the one night each year where athletes from all sports join together to celebrate the best moments of the ...
- Millions from One » Nastia Liukin's Official Website ...
- ... now it's YOUR turn. Join me in supporting ?Millions from One?. Go to www.millionsfromone.com to learn more and get your bracelet. Imagine the difference YOU are making in just ONE person's life. Thank you :). XOXO. Nastia ...
- Nastia Liukin 2008 Olympics Uneven Bars Event Final | Silver ...
- A first place silver medal is all I have to say about that, ridiculous. Nastia Liukin competes on the uneven bars in Event Finals at the 2008 Olympic.
Nastia Liukin Photos
Nastia Liukin on her vault run.USA Nationals, 2005
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USA's Nastia Liukin displays her gold medal during the awards ceremony for the W...
United States' Nastia Liukin competes on the balance beam during the women's qua...
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