Simone Arianne Biles (born March 14, 1997) is an American artistic gymnast.
 Biles is the 2016 Olympic individual all-around, vault and floor gold medalist.
 She was part of the gold medal-winning team dubbed the "Final Five" at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
 Biles is a three-time world all-around champion (2013–15), three-time world floor champion (2013–15), two-time world balance beam champion (2014, 2015), four-time United States national all-around champion (2013–16), and a member of the gold medal-winning American teams at the 2014 and 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
 She also won the bronze medal for the balance beam at the Olympics and the vault at the 2015 World Championships.
Yang Bo (; born July 8, 1973 in Ningbo, Zhejiang) is a Chinese gymnast.
 She is widely regarded as one of the greatest gymnasts ever on the balance beam, for which she created a move known as the "Yang Bo", which is rated as a D element in the Code of Points.
 Although widely renowned for her work on beam, Yang often had difficulty landing her dismounts which prevented her from medalling at several major competitions.
 She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics, placing 25th in the all-around and 7th on the beam.
 She won the 1990 World Cup Final on Balance Beam and won the bronze medal with her team at the 1989 World Championship.
Liang Chow (formerly Qiao Liang, Simplified Chinese: 乔良, Traditional Chinese: 喬良, Pinyin: Qiáo Liáng) (born January 1, 1968) is a Chinese former artistic gymnast.
 He is the founder, owner, and head coach of Chow's Gymnastics and Dance Institute in West Des Moines, Iowa.
 He is notable for being the coach of 2008 Olympic balance beam champion Shawn Johnson and 2012 Olympic individual all-around champion Gabby Douglas.
 He currently coaches senior US gymnasts Norah Flatley and Rachel Gowey and junior US gymnast Victoria Nguyen.
Shawn Machel Johnson (born January 19, 1992) is an American former artistic gymnast.
 She is the 2008 Olympic balance beam gold medalist and team, all-around and floor exercise silver medalist.
 Johnson is also a five-time Pan American Games gold medalist, winning the team titles in 2007 and 2011, as well as titles in the all-around, uneven bars, and balance beam in 2007.
Anastasia Valeryevna "Nastia" Liukin (Russian: Анастасия "Настя" Валерьевна Люкина ; born October 30, 1989) is a Russian American former artistic gymnast.
 She is the 2008 Olympic individual all-around champion, the 2005 and 2007 world champion on the balance beam, and the 2005 world champion on the uneven bars.
 She is also a four-time all-around U.S. national champion, winning twice as a junior and twice as a senior.
 With nine World Championships medals, seven of them individual, Liukin is tied with Shannon Miller for the third-highest tally of World Championship medals (among U.S. gymnasts).
 Liukin also tied Miller's record as the American gymnast having won the most medals in a single non-boycotted Olympic Games.
Li Shanshan (; born February 22, 1992 in Huangshi, Hubei) is a Chinese gymnast who is especially strong on balance beam.
 She was a member of the Chinese silver medal-winning team at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, where she also medalled on the balance beam.
 Li Shanshan managed to win the silver medal in the beam event despite falling during a full spin, incurring an automatic 0.8 deduction, because her start value (A-score) was a very high 7.3, much higher than the A-Score of the eventual winner, Nastia Liukin, whose had a difficulty value of 6.6.
Cătălina Ponor (] ; born 20 August 1987) is an artistic gymnast who represented Romania at the 2004, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympics.
 She won three gold medals at the 2004 Olympics: on balance beam, on floor, and as part of the Romanian team.
 She also earned a silver medal on floor and a bronze medal as part of the Romanian team at the 2012 Olympics, as well as multiple World Championship and European Championship medals.
The Nastia Liukin Cup (known as the Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup before 2012) is an annual artistic gymnastics competition held in the United States and hosted by Olympic gymnast Nastia Liukin.
 First held in 2010, the event arose through a partnership between Liukin and USA Gymnastics, and is intended to serve as a debut for pre-elite competitors on the national stage.
Shannon Lee Miller Falconetti (born March 10, 1977) is an American former artistic gymnast.
 She was the 1993 and 1994 world all-around champion, the 1996 Olympic balance beam champion, the 1995 Pan American Games all-around champion, and a member of the gold medal-winning Magnificent Seven team at the 1996 Olympics.
Gina Elena Gogean (born 9 September 1978) is a retired artistic gymnast from Romania who competed internationally in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s.
 During her career she won an impressive number of 30 medals at Olympic Games, world championships or continental championships.
 Her best events were the floor exercise (three-time world champion), the vault (two-time world champion) and the balance beam (1997 world champion).
 She was also an excellent all around gymnast winning several medals on this event, the European title in 1994, a silver Olympic medal (1996) and a silver medal at the 1993 World Championships.
 She helped the Romanian team win three consecutive world titles (1994, 1995 and 1997) and two Olympic team medals, a silver and a bronze (1992 and 1996).
 Gogean was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2013.
 Criticized for her lack of artistry and expression, Gogean nonetheless had nearly unmatched consistency, longevity and efficiency that made her a backbone of the Romanian team in the 1990s.

Question: Anastasia Valeryevna "Nastia" Liukin tied for the third-highest tally of world championship medals with a former gymnast who was the Olympic balance beam champion in what year?
Answer: 1996