Anastasia Valeryevna "Nastia" Liukin born in October 30, 1989 is a Russian-American artistic gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic alone all-around gold medalist, the 2005 and 2007 World Best on the balance beam, and the 2005 World Best on the asperous bars. With nine World Championships medals, seven of them individual, Liukin is tied as the American aerialist accepting won the best World Championship medals. Liukin has additionally tied Miller's almanac as the American aerialist accepting won the best medals in a distinct non-boycotted Olympic Games.

Liukin is accomplished by her familly at the World Olympic Gymnastics Academy, her family's gymnastics club in Plano, Texas.

Liukin became a affiliate of the U.S. inferior civic aggregation back she was 12 years old and won the Civic all-around appellation at the age of 13. She was the all-around argent advocate at the 2003 Pan American Games. Back 2005, Liukin has been a key affiliate of the U.S. chief team. She is a four-time all-around U.S. Civic Champion, acceptable alert as a inferior and alert as a senior. She has been the U.S. chief Civic Best on the asperous confined back 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.

Liukin performed all-around in the condoning annular of competition. She able to the all-around final with a account of 62.375, which ranked her additional amid all competitors and 0.35 credibility abaft Shawn Johnson, her acquaintance and Olympic roommate. Liukin additionally able to three accident finals: beam, asperous confined and attic exercise; more than any added American competitor.

Olympic best gymnasts Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson (U.S.) best up added hardware at the anniversary ESPY Awards in Los Angeles.

Liukin, who is training for the 2012 Olympic Games, will acknowledgment to antagonism this ages at the CoverGirl U.S. Classic on July 25 in Des Moines, Iowa. Liukin affairs to attempt on antithesis axle at the event, and again accord to the alive TV and online advantage on Universal Sports.