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Nastia Liukin
Competitor for the  United States Olympic Games Gold 2008 Beijing All-Around Silver 2008 Beijing Team Silver 2008 Beijing Uneven Bars Silver 2008 Beijing Balance Beam Bronze 2008 Beijing Floor Exercise World Championships Gold 2007 Stuttgart Team Gold 2005 Melbourne Uneven Bars Gold 2005 Melbourne Balance Beam Gold 2007 Stuttgart Balance Beam Silver 2006 Aarhus Team Silver 2005 Melbourne All-Around Silver 2006 Aarhus Uneven Bars Silver 2007 Stuttgart Uneven Bars Silver 2005 Melbourne Floor Exercise Pan American Games Gold 2003 Santo Domingo Team Gold 2003 Santo Domingo Balance Beam Gold 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team Silver 2003 Santo Domingo All-Around Silver 2007 Rio de Janeiro Uneven Bars Silver 2007 Rio de Janeiro Balance Beam Bronze 2003 Santo Domingo Uneven Bars Bronze 2003 Santo Domingo Floor Exercise Pacific Rim Championships Gold 2006 Honolulu Team Gold 2006 Honolulu All-around Gold 2006 Honolulu Uneven bars Gold 2008 San Jose Team Gold 2008 San Jose All-around Gold 2008 San Jose Balance Beam Silver 2006 Honolulu Balance Beam Silver 2008 San Jose Uneven bars US National Championships Gold 2005 Houston All-around Gold 2005 Houston Uneven bars Gold 2005 Houston Balance Beam Gold 2006 St Paul All-around Gold 2006 St Paul Uneven bars Gold 2006 St Paul Balance Beam Gold 2007 San Jose Uneven bars Gold 2008 Boston Uneven bars Gold 2008 Boston Balance Beam Silver 2005 Houston Floor exercise Silver 2007 San Jose Balance Beam Silver 2008 Boston All-around Bronze 2007 San Jose All-around Anastasia Valeryevna "Nastia" Liukin (Russian: Анастасия "Настя" Валерьевна Люкина; born October 30, 1989) is a retired Russian-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. She is also a four-time all-around U.S. National Champion, winning twice as a junior and twice as a senior. With nine World Championships medals, seven of them individual, Liukin is tied with Shannon Miller and Simone Biles for the second-highest tally of World Championship medals (among US gymnasts); Liukin also tied Miller's record as the American gymnast having won the most medals in a single non-boycotted Olympic Games. Liukin was a key member of the U.S. senior team. Liukin represented the United States at three World Championships and one Olympic Games. In October 2011, Liukin announced that she was returning to gymnastics with the hopes of making a second Olympic team. Liukin did not make the 2012 Olympic team, after several falls at the Olympic Trials and other pre-Olympic events, and retired from the sport in 2012.

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