Nastia Liukin
Anastasia Valeryevna Liukina, who is more professionally known as Nastia Liukin, is a retired gymnast. In 2005, she won both of the uneven bars and balance beam competitions in the Olympics. She earned her second championship in the balance beam competition in the 2007 Olympic Games. Her career in the sport reached its peak when she participated in the 2008 Olympic Games that took place in Beijing and managed to bag five medals. Being a very skilled gymnast brought her the opportunity to be featured in some TV shows such as Ninja Warrior and Dancing with the Stars. She just recently reached the 30th year of her life, and with her posts on different social media accounts, we can tell that she is really enjoying the most of it.
Nastia Liukin
Larisa Latynina
Larisa Latynina is considered as one of the greatest gymnasts of all time who set the bar too high for the gymnasts who came after her. Since she started playing in the Olympic Games in 1956 up to 1964 when she already stopped participating, she managed to win a total of 18 medals – 4 of them were team medals, and 14 of them were individual Olympic medals. She once set the record of being the gymnast who had the most number of gold medals in her time as she won 9 of them. Later in her life, she signed up to coach the Soviet women’s team, who did very well under her guidance and mentorship. Now in the 85th year of her life, she is spending her time living in a rural estate in Russia with her husband, Yuri Izrailovich Feldman.
Larisa Latynina
