| Mohini Bhardwaj | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Bhardwaj on the balance beam at the 2001 USA Gymnastics National Championships in Philadelphia. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Mo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 29, 1978 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 1992–98, 2001–02, 2004 (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | All Olympia Gymnastics Center, Brown's | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | UCLA Bruins | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Chris Waller, Galina Marinova, Valorie Kondos Field, Rita Brown | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eponymous skills | Bhardwaj (uneven bars) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mohini Bhardwaj (born September 29, 1978) is an American retired artistic gymnast who competed at the 1997 and 2001 World Championships and earned a silver medal with the American team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and is a member of the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame.[1] She is the first Indian-American gymnast, and the second Indian-American athlete in any sport, to medal at the Olympics.[2]
- ^ "UCLA Alumna Mohini Bhardwaj to be Inducted into USAG Hall of Fame". UCLA Athletics. UCLA Athletics. December 19, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- ^ " Mohini second Indian-American to win medal" Prabhjot Singh, The Tribune, August 19, 2004