Nastia Liukin
Artistic Gymnastics

Nastia Liukin

Olympian 2008

  • 1

    GOLD

  • 3

    SILVER

  • 1

    BRONZE

Athlete Bio#

Nastia Liukin

Age

35

Hometown

Parker, TX

Education

Spring Creek Academy New York University

Personal
Daughter of Valeri and Anna Luikin…Coached by her father, Valeri, who won two Olympic gold medals for the Soviet Union in 1988…Her mother, Anna, was the 1987 rhythmic gymnastics world champion…Named the 2005 USA Gymnastics' Women's Athlete of the Year, 2008 United States Sports Academy Female Athlete of the Year, 2008 USA Gymnastics' Sportswoman of the Year and 2008 Women's Sports Foundation's individual Sportswoman of the Year...At the time of her induction to the USOPC Hall of Fame, she served as a member of the USOPC’s Athletes' Advisory Council...Dedicated to serving and empowering the next generation of women to pursue their dreams and inspire others through her startup app, Grander…Created the Nastia Liukin Cup.
Olympic Experience
  • 1-time Olympian; 5-time Olympic medalist (1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
    • Olympic Games Beijing 2008, gold (Individual All-Around - Women), silver (Beam - Women, Team - Women, Uneven Bars - Women), bronze (Floor Exercise - Women)
World Championships Experience
  • Most recent: 2007 – gold (Beam - Women, Team - Women), silver (Uneven Bars - Women), 5th (Individual All-Around - Women), 13th (Floor Exercise - Women)
  • Years of participation: Beam - Women 2005, 2007; Floor Exercise - Women 2005, 2007; Individual All-Around - Women 2005, 2006, 2007; Team - Women 2006, 2007; Uneven Bars - Women 2005, 2006, 2007; Vault - Women 2005
  • Medals: 9 (4 gold, 5 silver)
    • Gold – 2007 (Beam - Women, Team - Women); 2005 (Beam - Women, Uneven Bars - Women)
    • Silver – 2007 (Uneven Bars - Women); 2006 (Team - Women, Uneven Bars - Women); 2005 (Floor Exercise - Women, Individual All-Around - Women)
Hall Of Fame Bio #

As a five-time Olympic medalist, Nastia Liukin has dedicated her life to the pursuit of excellence, both in and out of competition. With five medals at the Olympic Games Beijing 2008, she garnered the most medals of any gymnast, tying Mary Lou Retton and Shannon Miller for most medals at a single Games. She won the 2008 individual all-round title, forever cementing her place in U.S. gymnastics history as only the third American woman to earn the title. To round out her five medals at the Beijing Games, she earned three silver medals (beam, bars and team competition) and the bronze in the floor exercise. She holds four gold medals and five silver medals in world championship competition and is also a gold medalist and two-time silver medalist from the 2007 Pan American Games. She is a two-time American Cup champion and a 2018 inductee into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. 

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