Nastia Liukin Biography

The One Who Never Made it Back, Nastia Liukin
Starting at the bottom is hard, working your way to the top is hard, become one of the best in a sport is hard, however never giving up seems to be one of the most hard things that athletes go through to this day.
With the small advantage of having gymnast legends as her coach, she started at the bottom and did not stop until she became one of the greatest gymnast that the world has ever seen. Anastasia Valeryevna Liukin, better know as Nastia Liukin, was born in Moscow, Russia
SFSR, USSR on October 30, 1989 (biography). Liukin is the only child to Valery Liukin and
Anna Kotchneva. She was exposed to the sport of gymnastics at the very young age of just two, and because of her love for the sport,
He also received a gold medal in the the team event for the
Soviet Union (Biography). Liukin's father was a major influence on her when she was younger and he eventually became her coach (Nastia). Although Liukin's father played a major role on her love for gymnastics, her mother did as well.
Liukin's mother, Anna Kotchneva, is also a world renowned gymnast. Kotchneva is a
1987 rhythmic gymnastics world champion for the Soviet Union. It was only because of an injury that Kotchneva did not continue her career and go to the olympics(Biography). Liukin's parents were not excited to hear that she wanted to become a gymnast. With both of them being
Donelson 2 former gymnast, they knew how hard the sport is on the body and the mind. While they did not want her to move into this career, they noticed how strong her love was for the sport and completely supported her. They taught her to set short term goals weekly, monthly, and sometimes even daily. In doing this Liukin felt that she was always able to strive to achieve something new off her list(Cruz). Liukin is grateful for the amount of support she received from her parents as parents and not as
With Liukin having her own brands, she also has a line of pink gymnastics equipment with AAI(Gymnastike).
As for her everyday life Liukin attends New York University. On Monday June 1st, 2015 she announced her engagement to Matthew Lombardi, a professional ice hockey player, via her social media pages. Currently Liukin continues to do meet and greets and speeches all over the country(Takeda). As life goes on, stars come and go and there are only a few who make an impression that will last forever. Liukin is one of those few. She is so relatable to for men and women all over the world. Being able to see somebody who started at the body, with no money and working her way to the top. Somebody who struggled along the way. It is because of these things that she is remember. She is know as somebody who always gave it her all and never gave up even when all of the odds seemed against her. Still to this day she is giving everything that she does all of her effort and changing people's lives for the better. Failing is a hard thing to do but how you get back is what shows good character, something that Liukin did very