Nastia Liukin represented the United States in the 2008 Summer Olympics Games in Beijing where she took home two individual silver medals and one team silver medal. She has also been awarded nine World Championships medals, seven of them individual, and is tied for second place among U.S. gymnasts for the highest tally. Now retired as a gymnast, Liukin was a contributor for NBCOlympics.com during the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London and a special correspondent for NBC during the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. Updated July 2015
Nastia Liukin
Born in: Russia
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