Nastia Liukin

Nastia Liukin is, for me, the rare gymnast whose work reads as art as much as sport. Her 2008 Beijing all-around gold, five Olympic medals, and world titles on beam and bars speak to dominance, but it is the elongated, balletic line of her routines that lingers in memory. Raised in a gymnastics family and coached by her father, she fused inherited discipline with fierce personal resolve. I admire that she carried the same poise into life afterward, earning a place in the Hall of Fame in 2018 and a degree from NYU. Composure like hers is hard to fake.

Name (English)

Nastia Liukin

Name (Japanese)

ナスティア・リューキン

Reading

なすてぃあ・りゅーきん

Born

October 30, 1989 (age 36)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Snake

Origin

Moscow, Moscow Governorate, Duchy of Moscow

Height

160 cm

Occupation

artistic gymnast

University

New York University

Awards & achievements

• 2018 International Gymnastics Hall of Fame

• Official sitehttps://www.nastialiukin.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/nastialiukin/
• Xhttps://x.com/NastiaLiukin
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nastia%20Liukin
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230164

Tags

• Moscow Governorate
• artistic gymnast

Last updated

2026-06-21

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