Category: Female Athletes, Gymnasts, Medal Winners, Olympic Athletes
Highlights: Nastia Liukin won five medals, including gold in the individual all-around, at the 2008 Olympic Games. Her medal count is tied for the most ever won by an American gymnast at a single Olympics.
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Nastia Liukin represented the United States at the 2008 Games in Beijing, medaling in five events, including a gold in the all-around competition. She also took home three silver medals in the team, balance beam and uneven bars events while winning the bronze in the floor exercise competition. Liukin’s five medals is tied with Simone Biles and Shannon Miller for a U.S. single-Olympics record for medals won by an American gymnast. In 2014, Liukin became a member of the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame and, in 2018, the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
The year prior to the Olympics, she won two gold medals at the 2007 World Championships in the team and balance beam competitions along with a silver medal in the uneven bars. The 2005 World Championships saw her win a total of four medals (two gold, two silver) while she additionally won two more silver medals at the 2006 World Championships. Liukin also took part in both the 2006 and 2008 Pacific Rim Championships where she won eight medals over the span of the two events, five of which were gold. She additionally is an eight-time medalist at the Pan American Games, winning two gold medals at the 2003 Games and another gold at the 2007 Games. In total for her career from 2003 – 2008, Liukin captured 32 medals, comprising of 15 gold, 14 silver and 3 bronze.
Liukin was born on October 30, 1989 in Moscow, Russia and moved to the United States at the age of 2 ½. Liukin has appeared on numerous tv shows, including “Gossip Girl”, “Make It or Break It”, “Hellcats” and “The Price is Right”. She also competed in 2015 on “Dancing with the Stars” and in 2018 on “American Ninja Warriors”. In 2015, Liukin released an autobiography titled “Finding My Shine”.
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