Nastia Liukin Cup

The Nastia Liukin Cup (formerly the Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup from 2010–11) is an annual artistic gymnastics competition held in the United States and hosted by Olympic gymnast Nastia Liukin.[1]

History

In August 2009, USA Gymnastics announced that they had partnered with 2008 Olympic champion Nastia Liukin to create "a competitive opportunity for the country's top Junior Olympic gymnasts" that is intended to serve as a debut for pre-elite competitors on the national stage.[2][3] The inaugural Nastia Liukin Cup was held in 2010 and had 36 participants.[4]

Eligible to compete are Level 10 female gymnasts in both the junior and senior fields. Gymnasts will be chosen to participate from a series of invitationals known as the Nastia Liukin Cup Series. Prior to 2014, junior and senior gymnasts competed in the same field.

Champions
YearLocationSenior ChampionJunior ChampionRef
2010Worcester, MALexie PriessmanN/A[5]
2011Jacksonville, FLGrace Williams[6]
2012New York, NYCharity Jones[7]
2013Worcester, MAAlex McMurtry[8]
2014Greensboro, NCMackenzie Brannan
McKenna Kelley		Rachael Flam
Lauren Ramirez		[9]
2015Arlington, TXKiya JohnsonMaddie Karr[10]
2016Newark, NJRachael LukacsAndrea Li[11]
2017Newark, NJKai RiversCarly Bauman[12]
2018Hoffman Estates, ILHaleigh BryantTory Vetter[13]
2019Greensboro, NCMakarri DoggetteGabrielle Gladieux[14]
2020Milwaukee, WIHaleigh BryantKiley Rorich[15]
2021Indianapolis, INLeah SmithAlicia Zhou[16]

Notable former competitors

References
  1. Amrmour, Nancy (2010-01-19). "Nastia Liukin's new meet to partner with Supergirl". USA Today. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
  2. "USA Gymnastics – Nastia Liukin Cup". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
  3. "Liukin partners with USA Gymnastics to create Nastia Liukin Cup". USA Gymnastics. August 11, 2009.
  4. "Field is set for the inaugural Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup". USA Gymnastics. March 2, 2010.
  5. "Priessman wins inaugural Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup". USA Gymnastics. March 5, 2010.
  6. "Grace Williams wins 2011 Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup". USA Gymnastics. March 4, 2011.
  7. "Jones captures the 2012 Nastia Liukin Cup". USA Gymnastics. March 2, 2012.
  8. "McMurtry wins Nastia Liukin Cup in third attempt". USA Gymnastics. March 1, 2013.
  9. "Both senior, junior divisions have all-around co-champions at 2014 Nastia Liukin Cup". USA Gymnastics. February 28, 2014.
  10. "Karr, Johnson capture all-around titles at Nastia Liukin Cup". USA Gymnastics. March 7, 2015.
  11. "Lukacs, Li win 2016 Nastia Liukin Cup titles". USA Gymnastics. March 3, 2016.
  12. "Rivers, Bauman win 2017 Nastia Liukin Cup". USA Gymnastics. March 3, 2017.
  13. "Bryant, Vetter win 2018 Nastia Liukin Cup". USA Gymnastics. March 2, 2018.
  14. "Doggette, Gladieux win titles at 2019 Nastia Liukin Cup". USA Gymnastics. March 1, 2019.
  15. "Bryant, Rorich win titles at 2020 Nastia Liukin Cup". USA Gymnastics. March 7, 2020.
  16. "Smith, Zhou take 2021 Nastia Liukin Cup senior and junior titles". USA Gymnastics. February 26, 2021.
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