Friday, August 15, 2008

Gold Gymnast Anastasia "Nastia" Liukin

USA Olympic gymnast Nastia Liukin is a hot search topic today. In fact, this search frenzy started last night and I failed to realize hot hot Nastia would get.
Unlike many of the hot topic female gymnasts, Nastia Liukin did not obtain her search notoriety by showing us naked pictures of her nether region (Although there are several searches for pictures of Nastia's Camel Toe.) She is a gymnast wearing a tight outfit, of course there is going to be a little bit of camel toe every once in awhile.





Anyhow, back to the reason for Nastia's current internet search fame and the frenzied search for pictures of Nastia. USA Glympic gymnast Nastia Liukin won gold.

So here are some pictures of USA Glympic gymnast Nastia Liukin for your perusal.







Anastasia "Nastia" Valeryevna Liukin (Russian: Анастасия "Настя" Валерьевна Люкина; born October 30, 1989) is a Russian-American artistic gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic individual all-around gold medalist, the 2005 and 2007 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 tied with Shannon Miller as having won the most World Championship medals of any American gymnast in history.





The daughter of two former Soviet champion gymnasts, Olympic gold medalist Valeri Liukin and World Champion rhythmic gymnast Anna Kotchneva, Nastia Liukin was born in Moscow and moved to the United States as a young child. She began gymnastics after spending time in the gym while her parents coached. Liukin is coached by her father at the World Olympic Gymnastics Academy, her family's gymnastics club in Plano, Texas.

Liukin became a member of the U.S. junior national team when she was 12 years old and won the National All-Around title at the age of 13. She was the all-around silver medalist at the 2003 Pan American Games. Since 2005, Liukin has been a key member of the U.S. senior team. She is a four-time all-around U.S. National Champion, winning twice as a junior and twice as a senior. She has been the U.S. senior National Champion on the uneven bars since 2005. Liukin has represented the United States at three World Championships, the 2003 and 2007 Pan American Games, and the 2006 and 2008 Pacific Rim Championships.








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. Her nickname Nastia is a Russian diminutive for Anastasia.

The family moved to the United States when Liukin was two and a half years old, after the breakup of the Soviet Union, and settled first in New Orleans before moving to Texas. In 1994, Valeri Liukin teamed with another former Soviet champion athlete, Evgeny Marchenko, to open the World Olympic Gymnastics Academy (WOGA) in Plano

No comments:

Post a Comment