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Liukin was the third of four U.S. women to win the Olympic all-around crown. She also won nine World medals in her career, including four gold. With a total of 14 World and Olympic medals, Liukin is second in the all-time medal count for a U.S. gymnast.
Liukin's Olympic medal haul includes one gold (all-around), three silver (team, balance beam and uneven bars) and one bronze (floor exercise). She garnered the most medals of any gymnast at the 2008 Olympic Games. Has won nine world medals (four gold and five silver) A member of the 2007 World Championships Team that won the gold medal.
- Born in Moscow, Raised in Texas
- 2008 Olympics
- Post-Olympic Life
- Gymnastics Retirement
- What’s Next
Gymnastics has been part of Liukin’s life from the start, after she was born to two Soviet champion gymnasts, Valeri Liukin and Anna Kotchneva, in Moscow in 1989. When she was just two years old, Liukin, along with her parents, moved to the United States, landing first in New Orleans and then settling in Dallas, TX. Liukin’s parents immediately sta...
After coming second in the Olympic Trials to Shawn Johnson East, Liukin was named to the Team USA roster, with the moment only feeling real to the 18-year-old when she boarded the flight to Beijing. Soon the hype started to build as roommates and teammates Liukin and East began competing against each other for individual medals. The 2008 Games mark...
Following the Olympics, Liukin reveals she experienced moments of depression, wondering what came next after achieving her wildest dreams. Her lingering melancholy was compounded by Liukin’s deteriorating friendship with East. The post-Olympic media circus and rival management teams had torn the former friends apart. “It felt like the world just st...
After taking a much-needed two years off from the sport following her Olympic debut, Liukin decided to make a run for the 2012 London Games. Making it all the way to the Olympic Trials, Liukin faced one of the hardest moments in her career, falling during her best event, the uneven bars. “I fell face first and faceplanted,” Liukin remembers. After ...
Liukin left gymnastics as a competitor but has hung around the sport after being hired as an NBC commentator. Most recently, Liukin covered the Tokyo Games, establishing herself as a compelling sports broadcaster who we’ll likely see again during the 2024 Games. Liukin also maintains a websitewhere she shares her love for all things “fitness, fashi...
Aug 7, 2008 · Aug. 7, 2008. The gymnast Nastia Liukin is the 2005 and 2007 world champion on the balance beam. She also won a world title in 2005 on the uneven bars. With nine world championship...
At the 2006 and 2007 Worlds, Liukin won a total of five medals—two gold and three silvers. After placing second to her teammate Shawn Johnson, in both the 2008 U.S. Championships and the U.S. Olympic Trials, Liukin was somewhat of an underdog heading into the all-around finals of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Aug 16, 2008 · In 2007, Liukin finished fifth in the all-around at the world championships, while Johnson won. Many thought Liukin’s career had peaked. But her parents former elite-level gymnasts for...
Jul 29, 2021 · Nastia Liukin poses after winning the gold medal in the women's individual all-around artistic gymnastics final at the National Indoor Stadium on Day 7 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August ...
