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Anastasia Valeryevna "NastiaLiukin (Russian: Анастасия "Настя" Валерьевна Люкина; born October 30, 1989) is a retired American artistic gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic individual all-around Champion, 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 for the second-highest tally of World Championship medals (among US gymnasts); Liukin has also tied Miller's record as the American gymnast having won the most medals in a single non-boycotted Olympic 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. Liukin has represented the United States at three World Championships. In October 2011, Liukin announced that she was returning to gymnastics with the hopes of making the 2012 Olympic team. She did not make the team and retired from the sport in 2012.

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Major Results[]

Summer Olympics

  • 2008 All Around - 1st
  • 2008 Team - 2nd
  • 2008 Uneven Bars - 2nd
  • 2008 Balance Beam - 2nd
  • 2008 Floor - 3rd

World Championships

  • 2005 All Around - 2nd
  • 2005 Floor - 2nd
  • 2005 Uneven Bars - 1st
  • 2005 Balance Beam - 1st
  • 2006 Team - 2nd
  • 2006 Uneven Bars - 2nd
  • 2007 Team - 1st
  • 2007 Uneven Bars - 2nd
  • 2007 Balance Beam - 1st

American Cup

  • 2006 All Around - 1st
  • 2008 All Around - 1st
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