Nastia Liukin 4057599 226098121 2008-07-16T20:33:23Z TheBostonianLonghorn 7239599 Added image of Nastia from 2008 National Championships {{Infobox Gymnast |gymnastname= Nastia Liukin |image= |imagesize= |caption= |fullname= Anastasia Valeryevna Liukin |nickname= Nastia |country= {{USA}} |formercountry= |birthdate= {{birth date and age|1989|10|30}} |birthplace= [[Moscow, Russia]] |hometown= [[Plano, TX]] |deathdate= |deathplace= |height= 5'2" (1.57 m) |discipline= Women's Artistic Gymnastics |level= Senior International Elite |natlteam= 6 (2002-2008) |club= |gym= [[World Olympic Gymnastics Academy]] |collegeteam= |headcoach= [[Valeri Liukin]] |assistcoach= Natalya Marakova |formercoach= |choreographer= |music= [[Dark Eyes (song)|Dark Eyes]] by [[Arthur Akopyan]] |eponymousskills= |retired= |medaltemplates= <!-- see [[Template:MedalRelatedTemplates]] --> {{MedalSport|[[Gymnastics]]}} {{MedalCompetition | [[World Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2005 Melbourne]]|Uneven Bars}} {{MedalGold|[[2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2005 Melbourne]]|Balance Beam}} {{MedalGold|[[2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2007 Stuttgart]]|Team}} {{MedalGold|[[2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2007 Stuttgart]]|Balance Beam}} {{MedalSilver|[[2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2005 Melbourne]]|All-around}} {{MedalSilver|[[2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2005 Melbourne]]|Floor Exercise}} {{MedalSilver|[[2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2006 Aarhus]]|Team}} {{MedalSilver|[[2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2006 Aarhus]]|Uneven Bars}} {{MedalSilver|[[2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2007 Stuttgart]]|Uneven Bars}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2003 Pan American Games|Santo Domingo 2003]]|Team}} {{MedalGold|[[2003 Pan American Games|Santo Domingo 2003]]|Balance beam}} {{MedalGold|[[2007 Pan American Games|Rio de Janeiro 2007]]|Team}} {{MedalSilver|[[2003 Pan American Games|Santo Domingo 2003]]|All-around}} {{MedalSilver|[[2007 Pan American Games|Rio de Janeiro 2007]]|Uneven bars}} {{MedalSilver|[[2007 Pan American Games|Rio de Janeiro 2007]]|Balance beam}} {{MedalBronze|[[2003 Pan American Games|Santo Domingo 2003]]|Uneven bars}} {{MedalBronze|[[2003 Pan American Games|Santo Domingo 2003]]|Floor exercise}} }} [[Image:Nastia Liukin Nationals.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Nastia Liukin performs on the balance beam at the 2008 U.S. National Championships in Boston, MA.]] '''Anastasia "Nastia" Valeryevna Liukin''' ({{lang-ru|Анастасия Валерьевна Люкина}}; born [[October 30]], [[1989]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[Artistic Gymnastics|gymnast]]. She is a four-time all-around U.S. National Champion in [[artistic gymnastics]](twice as a junior and twice as a senior), has been the U.S. senior National Champion on the [[uneven bars]] since 2005, and is the 2007 and 2005 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 currently tied with [[Shannon Miller]] as having won the most World Championship medals of any American gymnast in history.<ref>[http://www.startribune.com/503/story/1410107.html "Nastia Liukin adds to haul"] ''Star Tribune''/Associated Press, September 8 2007</ref><ref>[http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/news/2007/pr-sep09-ApparatusFinalsDay2.html "U.S. women win three more medals at 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships"]USA Gymnastics press release, September 9 2007</ref> Liukin is coached by her father, [[Valeri Liukin]], at the [[World Olympic Gymnastics Academy]], her family's gymnastics club in [[Plano, Texas|Plano]], [[Texas]]. ==Early life and family== Nastia Liukin was born on October 30, 1989 in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]]. She is the only child of two former Soviet champion gymnasts: [[1988 Summer Olympics]] gold medalist [[Valeri Liukin]] and [[1987]] event World Champion in [[rhythmic gymnastics]], [[Anna Kotchneva]]. The family moved to the United States when Liukin was two and a half years old, after the breakup of the [[Soviet Union]],<ref name="bio1">{{cite web|url=http://www.nastialiukin.com/biography.html|title=Official Biography|publisher=nastialiukin.com|date=2007|accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref> and settled first in [[New Orleans]] before moving to [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gymnpics.com/gymnasticgreats/mag/liukin.htm|title=Whatever happened to Valeri Liukin?|publisher=''Gymnastics Greats''|date=2000-2006|accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref> In 1994 Valeri Liukin teamed with another former Soviet champion athlete, Evgeny Marchenko, to open the World Olympic Gymnastics Academy (WOGA) in Plano.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wogapc.org/Information/WOGAHistory/tabid/4089/Default.aspx|title=History of WOGA|publisher=WOGA Parents' Club|date=2007|accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref><ref name="usajune08">{{cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2008-06-15-liukin_N.htm|title=Liukin looks to add gold to family's mantel|publisher=''USA Today'|date=June 15, 2008|author=Garcia, Marlen|accessdate=2008-06-16}}</ref> ==Junior career== Liukin began gymnastics at the age of 3 because she was "always hanging around in the gym" with her parents, who could not afford a babysitter to look after her while they were working as coaches. Liukin's parents initially did not aspire for their daughter to become a gymnast, knowing the pressure of high-level competition firsthand, but relented when they noticed her aptitude for the sport.<ref name="russiaig">{{cite web|url=http://www.nastialiukin.com/family.html|title=From Russia with love|publisher=''Inside Gymnastics''|date=July/August 2005|author=Korotsky, Chris|accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref><ref name="usagbio">{{cite web|url=http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/athletes/newbio/athletebios.php?id=309398|title=Liukin's official national team biography|publisher=USA Gymnastics|date=2007|accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref><ref name="nastialeap">{{cite web|url=http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/publications/usa-gymnastics/2005/3/nastia.pdf|title=Nastia Liukin's leap from junior to senior|publisher=''USA Gymnastics Magazine''|date=May/June 2005|author=Peszek, Luan|accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref><ref name=usajune08 /> Liukin competed in her first National Championships as a junior in 2002, at the age of 12 1/2. While her WOGA teammates [[Carly Patterson]] and [[Hollie Vise]] finished first and second, Liukin suffered a fall on the [[uneven bars]], which rendered her unable to finish the routine. She continued through the rest of the competition, and despite the incomplete bars set, finished 15th, which landed her one of the final spots on the U.S. National Team.<ref name="nastiachat">{{cite web|url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/events/2002/usa%2Dnationals/chatting_liukin.html|title=Chatting with Nastia Liukin|publisher='''International Gymnast''|date=2002|accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref><ref name=bio1 /> She was chosen to compete with the U.S. team at the 2002 Junior Pan American Championships, where she contributed to the team gold medal and placed second on the [[uneven bars]], [[balance beam]] and all-around.<ref name=usagbio /> By 2003, Liukin was one of the strongest junior gymnasts in the United States. She won the junior division of the U.S. National Championships, as well as gold medals on three of the four events: [[uneven bars]], [[balance beam]] and [[floor exercise]]. She repeated these accomplishments in 2004. Liukin was a member of the gold-medal winning U.S. team at the 2003 Pam Am Games; she took second place in the all-around behind fellow American [[Chellsie Memmel]]. She also won the all-around in the junior division of the 2004 Pacific Alliance Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/news/2004/apr.html|title=Pacific Alliance Concludes|publisher='''International Gymnast''|date=April 18, 2004|accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref> Born in 1989, Liukin was one year too young to compete as a senior in 2004, and thus was not eligible for a place on the U.S. team for the [[2004 Olympics]] in [[Athens]]. Her scores in the junior division at the 2004 U.S. National Championships were competitive with those being posted by the seniors, and [[Marta Karolyi]], U.S. National Team Coordinator, has said that if Liukin had been eligible, she would have been named to the Olympic team.<ref name=usajune08 /> ==Senior career== ===2005-2006=== In 2005, Liukin won her first senior National Championships and, once again, earned gold medals on the bars and beam. At the [[2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2005 World Championships]] in [[Melbourne]], she was ranked first in the all-around after the preliminary competition. In the all-around final she technically accumulated the same total as Chellsie Memmel, but a scoring system that truncated the individual apparatus marks, as opposed to using the full scores or rounding up, artificially lowered Liukin's total score and she placed second.<ref name="nastiaoct07">{{cite web|url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/Online-Features/reports/219.html|title=Liukin celebrates 18th birthday|publisher=''International Gymnast''|date=October 30, 2007|author=Turner, Amanda|accessdate=2008-06-24}}</ref> <ref name="ten">{{cite web|url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/Online-Features/opinion/opinion_stretching-out/381.html|title=10 thoughts on the U.S. Championships|publisher=''International Gymnast''|date=October June 9, 2008|author=Normille, Dwight|accessdate=2008-06-23}}</ref> Memmel's final score was 37.824; Liukin's was 37.823; the competition was the closest in gymnastics history, excluding the all-around finals at the 1985 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where USSR gymnasts [[Elena Shushunova]] and [[Oksana Omelianchik]] tied for the gold. Liukin rallied in event finals to win the gold on the [[uneven bars]] and [[balance beam]], ahead of Memmel; and the silver on the [[floor exercise]] behind teammate [[Alicia Sacramone]].<ref name="nastiahome">{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20050814/ai_n14884183|title=Years of hype hit home for Liukin|publisher=''Deseret News/''Associated Press|date=August 14 2005|accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/events/2005/worlds/nov27-championshipswrap.html|title=Championship Wrap: USA the standout performers|publisher=''Infostrada Sports''|date=November 27 2005|author=Stevenson, Emma|accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref> In March of 2006, Liukin placed first in the all-around at the American Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/events/2006/american-cup/news.html|title=USA’s Liukin, Horton win Tyson American Cup|publisher=USA Gymnastics|date=March 4 2006|accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref> At the 2006 [[Pacific Alliance Championships]], Liukin tied with teammate and frequent competitive rival Chellsie Memmel for first in the all-around, won the uneven bars title and a silver medal on beam, and contributed to the U.S. team's gold medal performance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/news/2006/apr13-06day1-recap.html|title=Liukin, Memmel tie for all-around title at 2006 Pacific Alliance Championships|publisher=USA Gymnastics|date=March 13 2006|accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref> She competed at the 2006 U.S. Classic as the defending all-around champion, but falls on the uneven bars and floor resulted in a fourth-place finish. However, she scored extremely well on the balance beam, and was the only competitor in the meet, junior or senior, to earn a score over 16.00 on this event.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/news/2006/jul29-06wsr-classic.html|title=WAG: Kelley, Priess Tie for U.S. Classic Title|publisher=USA Gymnastics|date=July 30, 2006|accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref> In late August, at the 2006 U.S. National Championships, Liukin successfully defended her all-around, beam and bars titles, becoming a two-time senior National Champion.<ref name=usagbio /> She was named to the U.S. team for the 2006 World Gymnastics Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, and was expected by many to be a strong contender for the all-around title. However, due to an ankle injury sustained in training before the competition began, she was only able to compete on one event, the uneven bars, at Worlds. In spite of her injury, in the qualification round, Liukin's bars set earned a 16.2, the highest score of any competitor on any apparatus in the meet. Her bars routine in team finals scored a 15.7 and helped the U.S. team win the silver medal. Liukin also qualified for the event finals on bars, where she took a small step on her dismount and finished with a 16.05, earning a silver medal behind Britain's [[Beth Tweddle]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20070816/ai_n19470439|title=Reigning Liukin returning tonight|publisher=''Oakland Tribune''|date=August 16 2007|author=Almond, Eliott|accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref> ===2007=== Liukin's ankle injury required surgery, and the recovery period kept her out of both national and international competition for much of the year. In July 2007, although she was still recovering from her injury, she returned to competition as a member of the American team for the [[Pan Am Games]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]]. She competed only on bars and beam, contributing to the team's gold medal finish and winning individual silver medals on both events.<ref name=limited>{{cite web|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/othersports/stories/053107dnspoliukinlede.2b0a93e.html|title=Liukin limited by ankle injury|publisher=''Dallas Morning News''|date=May 30 2007|author=Hairopoulos, Kate|accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/news/2007/july17-07USAaddsmedals.html|title=USA adds four gold, six silver to gymnastics medal haul at 2007 Pan Am Games|publisher=USA Gymnastics|date=July 17 2007|accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref> Despite limited training time on floor and vault in the summer of 2007, Liukin opted to compete all-around at the 2007 U.S. National Championships. She posted the highest score of the entire meet on bars and the second highest score on beam on the second day of competition, winning the senior bars title for the third year in a row and placing second on beam. However, she also suffered several falls and errors on floor and vault, and finished in third place overall, over five points behind [[Shawn Johnson]], the all-around gold medalist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070820/SPORTS/708200332|title=Hello there: Shawn Johnson, newest U.S. gymnastics phenom|publisher=Associated Press|date=August 20 2007|accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref><ref name=liukingold>{{cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/09/09/ap4096738.html|title=Liukin gets her gold|publisher=Associated Press|date=September 9 2007|author=Armour, Nancy|accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref><ref name=liukinallaround>{{cite web|url=http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=ap-worlds-liukin&prov=ap&type=lgns|title=Liukin an all-around hit at World Championships|publisher=Associated Press|date=September 3 2007|author=Pells, Eddie|accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref> Following Nationals, Liukin was named to the American team for the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, competing all-around in the team qualifying round and in on bars and beam in the finals. Liukin's score for her bars routine in team finals was a 16.375, the highest score of the day and, in the end, the entire World Championships. However, at the end of her beam routine, her foot slipped while she was setting up her dismount, prompting her to change her usual skill, a two and a half twisting salto, to a simple back tuck. While she lost credit for her dismount, she also avoided a deduction for a fall, and earned a 15.175. The team recovered from this and other mistakes to finish first overall with 184.400, nearly a point ahead of the silver medal Chinese.<ref name=liukinallaround /><ref name=USsparkle>{{cite web|url=http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2007/9/7/sports/18805319&sec=sports|title=US Women sparkle to snatch the team gold|publisher=Reuters|date=September 7 2007|accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/news/2007/pr-sep05-WomenWinTeamGold.html|title=U.S. women win team title at World Championships|publisher=USA Gymnastics|date=September 5 2007|accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref> Liukin's struggles with the balance beam continued in the all-around final, where she fell from the apparatus during her flight series. In spite of a 16.100 on bars, the highest score of the day from any competitor on any event, she finished the competition in fifth place. In the event finals, however, Liukin rallied and regained her World Champion title on the balance beam with a score of 16.025.<ref name=liukingold /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070909/us_nm/gymnastics_world_beam_winner_dc_1|title=Liukin wins beam gold at World Championships|publisher=Reuters|date=September 9 2007|accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref> She also earned a silver on the uneven bars, scoring a 16.300 after taking a step on her dismount.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/09/08/gymnasts.ap/|title=Will eight be enough?|publisher=Reuters|date=September 8 2007|accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref> ===2008=== Liukin's first meet of the 2008 season was the American Cup in New York City, where she defeated 2007 winner Shawn Johnson to regain her title. She posted the highest score of the meet, a 16.6 on the uneven bars.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jvAPC3v5WGF10wuDFTh4BuUKHe7gD8V4SIC80|title="Hamm, Liukin win American Cup"|publisher=Associated Press|date=March 1 2008|author=Nancy Armour|accessdate=2008-03-01}}</ref> In March, Liukin competed at the Pacific Rim (formerly Pacific Alliance) Championships in [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], where she led the American team to a gold medal and won the all-around and balance beam titles. In the team competition, Liukin posted an all-time high score of 16.65 on the uneven bars, but in event finals, she fell on her Gienger release move and took a step on her dismount, earning a 15.225 and taking second place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/31/SPLUVT41I.DTL|title="A stop on road to Beijing:Hamm, Liukin hone skills at Pacific Rim event"|publisher=''San Francisco Chronicle''|date=March 31 2008|author=John Crumpacker|accessdate=2008-03-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2008-03-30-pacific-rim_N.htm|title="Hamm cruises, Liukin raises bar at Pacific Rim"|publisher=''USA Today''|date=March 30 2008|accessdate=2008-03-31}}</ref> At the 2008 U.S. National Championships in [[Boston]], Liukin fell on floor on the first day of competition, but had a strong meet on her other events and placed second in the all-around behind [[Shawn Johnson]]. She regained her National Champion title on the beam and defended her national title on the uneven bars for the fourth consecutive year, scoring a 17.050 in preliminaries and a 17.100 in finals, the highest recorded score for any American gymnast at any event since the advent of the new ''Code of Points.''<ref>{{cite web|url= http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hPSUw4T2igHT_vkislckrscViEJAD915ILI00|title="Johnson wins second US title"|author=Armour, Nancy|publisher=Associated Press|date=June 7 2008|accessdate=2008-06-07}}</ref> In June, Liukin competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials in [[Philadelphia]], finishing second behind Johnson, and earning a berth on the American team for Beijing.<ref name=trials>{{cite web|url=http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080623/SPORTS/806230341|title=Johnson, Liukin score trips to Beijing|date=June 23, 2008|author=Associated Press|accessdate=2008-06-23}}</ref> ==Other achievements== Outside of competitive gymnastics, Liukin has made several appearances in film and television, most notably a commercial for [[Adidas]] with [[Nadia Comaneci]] which ran during the [[2004 Olympics]], a 2008 commercial for [[Visa]], and a cameo in the April 2006 Touchstone Pictures film ''[[Stick It]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430634/|title=''Stick It'' at the Internet Movie Database|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/olympics/stories/060508dnspoolygym.372bdcc.html|title=Visa Championships another step toward Beijing for Parker gymnast Liukin|author=Hairopoulos, Kate|publisher=Dallas Morning News|accessdate=2008-06-05}}</ref> She has expressed a desire to become an actress in the future.<ref name=usagbio /> Liukin has several corporate sponsorships, including Visa, [[AT&T]], [[GK Elite Sportswear]], [[Longines]] and Adidas, and has served as a Longines Sports Ambassador of Elegance since 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nastialiukin.com/sponsors.html|title=List of sponsors|publisher=nastialiukin.com|accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.longines.com/eng/html_longines/WAGC_Denmark06/longines_ambassadors.cfm|title=List of Ambassadors of Elegance|publisher=Longines|accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref> In June 2008, Liukin, along with teammates Shawn Johnson and Alicia Sacramone, became the first female athlete ever to be signed as a [[CoverGirl]] spokesmodel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=PR&date=20080626&id=8831219|title=CoverGirl Flips for USA Gymnastics|publisher=PR Newswire|date=June 26, 2008|accessdate=2008-06-30}}</ref> She also has her own line of gymnastics equipment, which includes mats and balance beams in her signature pink, produced by AAI.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nastialiukinbyaai.com/displayProducts.asp|title=Nastia Liukin's line of gymnastics equipment|publisher=AAI|accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/news/2007/may24-07nastialuikinaai.html|title=World Champion gymnast Nastia Liukin signs endorsement with AAI|publisher=USA Gymnastics|date=May 24 2007|accessdate=2008-01-01}}</ref> Liukin is fluent in English and Russian.<ref name=nastialeap /><ref name=usajune08 /> She graduated from high school in the spring of 2007 and enrolled as a freshman international business major at [[Southern Methodist University]] in January 2008, but took a leave from classes to concentrate on preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games.<ref name=limited /><ref name=nastiaoct07 /> ==Competitive history== ===Senior history=== ====2008 Season==== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! Year ! Competition Description ! Location ! Apparatus ! Rank-Final ! Score-Final ! Rank-Qualifying ! Score-Qualifying |- | rowspan="10" | 2008 | rowspan="4" | U.S. Championships | rowspan="4" | Boston | Uneven Bar | bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- | Balance Beam | bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- | All Around | bgcolor="silver" | 2 | | | |- |Floor Exercise | 8 | | | |- | rowspan="5" |Pacific Rim Championships | rowspan="5" |San Jose | Team | bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- | All Around | bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- | Balance Beam | bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- | Uneven Bar | bgcolor="silver" | 2 15.225 | | | |- | Floor Exercise | 4 (Tie) | | | |- | American Cup | New York | All Around | bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- |} ====2007 Season==== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! Year ! Competition Description ! Location ! Apparatus ! Rank-Final ! Score-Final ! Rank-Qualifying ! Score-Qualifying |- | rowspan="12" | 2007 | rowspan="5" | [[2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] | rowspan="5" | STUTTGART |All Around | 5 | 60.100 | 2 | 61.525 |- |Balance Beam |bgcolor="gold"| 1 | 16.025 | 5 | 15.975 |- |Floor Exercise | | | 13 | 14.575 |- |Team |bgcolor="gold" |1 | 184.400 | 1 | 245.025 |- |Uneven Bar |bgcolor="silver" | 2 | 16.300 | 2 | 16.250 |- |rowspan="4" | U.S. Championships | rowspan="4" | San Jose | Uneven Bar | bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- | Balance Beam |bgcolor="silver" | 2 | | | |- | All Around | bgcolor="cc9966" | 3 | | | |- | Floor Exercise | 12 | | | |- | rowspan="3" | Pan American Games | rowspan="3" |Rio de Janeiro | Team | bgcolor="gold"| 1 | | | |- | Uneven Bar | bgcolor="silver" | 2 | | | |- | Balance Beam | bgcolor="silver" | 2 | | | |- |} ====2006 Season==== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! Year ! Competition Description ! Location ! Apparatus ! Rank-Final ! Score-Final ! Rank-Qualifying ! Score-Qualifying |- |rowspan="12" | 2006 |rowspan="3" | [[2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] |rowspan="3" | AARHUS |All Around |214 | | | 16.200 |- |Team |bgcolor="silver" | 2 | 181.350 | 1 | 243.325 |- |Uneven Bar |bgcolor="silver" | 2 | 16.050 | 1 | 16.200 |- |rowspan="4" | U.S. Championships |rowspan="4" | ST. PAUL | All Around | bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- | Balance Beam | bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- | Uneven Bar | bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- | Floor Exercise | 7 | | | |- |rowspan="4" |Pacific Alliance Championships |rowspan="4" | Honolulu |Team |bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- | All Around |bgcolor="gold" | 1 (Tie) | | | |- | Uneven Bar | bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- | Balance Beam |bgcolor="silver" | 2 | | | |- |American Cup |Philadelphia |All Around |bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- |} ====2005 Season==== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! Year ! Competition Description ! Location ! Apparatus ! Rank-Final ! Score-Final ! Rank-Qualifying ! Score-Qualifying |- |rowspan="12" | 2005 |rowspan="4" | [[2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] |rowspan="4" |MELBOURNE | All Around |bgcolor="silver" | 2 | 37.823 | 1 | 37.424 |- |Balance Beam |bgcolor="gold" | 1 | 9.612 | 6 | 9.262 |- | Floor Exercise |bgcolor="silver" | 2 | 9.425 | 3 | 9.475 |- |Uneven Bar |bgcolor="gold" | 1 | 9.662 | 1 | 9.562 |- |rowspan="4" | U.S. Championships |rowspan="4" | INDIANAPOLIS | All Around | bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- | Uneven Bar | bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- | Balance Beam | bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- | Floor Exercise | bgcolor="silver" | 2 | | | |- |rowspan="2" | World Cup/Series |rowspan="2" | NEW YORK |Balance Beam |bgcolor="gold" | 1 | 9.587 | | |- |Uneven Bar | 6 | 8.875 | | |- |rowspan="2" | American Cup |rowspan="2" | Long Island | Balance Beam |bgcolor="gold" | 1 (tie) | | | |- | Uneven Bar | 6 | | | |- |} ====2003 Season==== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! Year ! Competition Description ! Location ! Apparatus ! Rank-Final ! Score-Final ! Rank-Qualifying ! Score-Qualifying |- |rowspan="3" |2003 |rowspan="3" |Pan American Games |rowspan="3" |SANTO DOMINGO |Balance Beam |bgcolor="gold" | 1 | 9.550 | | |- |Floor Exercise |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3 | 9.300 | | |- | Uneven Bar |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3 | 9.425 | | |- |} ===Junior history=== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! Year ! Competition Description ! Location ! Apparatus ! Rank-Final ! Score-Final ! Rank-Qualifying ! Score-Qualifying |- | rowspan="10" | 2004 | rowspan="5" | U.S. Championships | rowspan="5" | Nashville | All Around | bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- | Uneven Bar | bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- | Balance Beam | bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- | Floor Exercise | bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- | Vault | 4 | | | |- |rowspan="5" | Pacific Alliance Championships |rowspan="5" | Honolulu |Team | bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- | All Around | bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- | Uneven Bar | bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- | Balance Beam | bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- |Floor Exercise | bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- | rowspan="4" | 2003 | rowspan="4" | U.S. Championships | rowspan="4" |Milwaukee | All Around | bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- | Uneven Bar | bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- | Balance Beam | bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- | Floor Exercise | bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- | rowspan="6" | 2002 | rowspan="2" | U.S. Championships | rowspan="2" | Cleveland | Balance Beam | 5 | | | |- | Floor Exercise | 5 | | | |- | rowspan="4" | Pan American Championships | rowspan="4" |Santo Domingo | Team | bgcolor="gold" | 1 | | | |- | All Around | bgcolor="silver" | 2 | | | |- | Uneven Bar | bgcolor="silver" | 2 | | | |- | Balance Beam | bgcolor="silver" | 2 | | | |- |} ==References== {{reflist|2}} ==External links== *[http://www.nastialiukin.com Official site] *{{fig|id=5657|name=Nastia Liukin}} *{{USAGymnasticsName|id=309398|name=Nastia Liukin}} *[http://www.usoc.org/26_36051.htm U.S. Olympic Team Bio] *[http://gymnastics.about.com/od/gymnastics101/p/Liukinprofile.htm Bio] at [[About.com]] {{NavigationWorldChampionsArtisticGymnasticsWomenTC}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Liukin, Nastia}} [[Category:1989 births]] [[Category:American gymnasts]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Russian-Americans]] [[Category:World champion gymnasts]] [[Category:Medalists at World Gymnastics Championships]] [[Category:People from Moscow]] [[de:Anastasia Liukin]] [[es:Nastia Liukin]] [[fr:Nastia Liukin]] [[it:Anastasija Ljukina]] [[pt:Nastia Liukin]] [[ru:Люкин, Анастасия]]