Mohini Bhardwaj | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nickname(s) | Mo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | September 29, 1978|||||||||||||||||||||||
Gymnastics career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 1992–98, 2001–02, 2004 (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | UCLA Bruins | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | All Olympia Gymnastics Center, Brown's | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Former coach(es) | Chris Waller, Galina Marinova, Valorie Kondos Field, Rita Brown | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Eponymous skills | Bhardwaj (uneven bars) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]