Originating from Russia, Nastia Liukin, Anastasia Valeryevna Liukin in real life, is a retired professional gymnast with an estimated net worth of $50 million as of 2012.
With her 9 world championship medals, Liukin is second with Shannon Miller on the tally of World Championship medals. Alicia Sacrameno came in first with a total of 10 medals. As a professional gymnast, she was hailed as the 2005 World Champion on Uneven Bars, Balance Beam World Champion in 2005 and 2007, as well as the 2008 Olympic individual all-around Champion.
Born to a family of professional gymnasts, Nastia Liukin became a part of the U.S. junior national team at age 12, and at 13, she became a recipient of the National all-around title. Subsequently, she participated in the 2003 Pan American Games where she won a silver medal. She was a U.S. National Champion four times, twice on her junior years and twice during her senior years.