
Nastia Liukin
Biography
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.
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Acting History
2023
Special Forces: World's Toughest Test as Self
2021Olympic Dreams Featuring Jonas Brothers as Self
2021Olympians at Heart as Coach Reka
2021Name That Tune as Self - Contestant
2009Make It or Break It
2007Gossip Girl as Self
2006Stick It as Self
2006Top Chef as Herself - Guest
2005Dancing with the Stars as Self - Contestant
2005Dancing with the Stars as Self - Mentor
2005Dancing with the Stars as Self - Audience Member
2005Dancing with the Stars as Self - Trio Partner: Mary Lou & Sasha
1997The View as Self
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno






