Nastia Liukin won the Olympic Gold Medal in the Women's All-Around Gymnastic Competition on August 14th during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She is only the 3rd U.S. Olympic gymnast to accomplish this honor, joining Mary Lou Retton of West Virginia and fellow Texan Carly Patterson. 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 child. 8/08