Nastia Liukin

Nastia Liukin is a Russian-American former artistic gymnast, born on 30 October 1989, who won the all-around title at the 2008 Olympic Games and five Olympic medals in total. She was World champion on the balance beam in 2005 and 2007 and on the uneven bars in 2005, and she took four national all-around titles in the United States. Her nine World Championships medals are tied for the third-highest tally among American gymnasts. After retiring in 2012 she founded the Nastia Liukin Cup, worked as a broadcast commentator and was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2018.