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Mohini Bhardwaj



Sport: Women's Gymnastics

Year: Junior

Hometown: Cincinnati, OH

High School/Club: Alexander Smith Academy/Brown's Gymnastics
 


Past Profiles:
Venus James (Women's Soccer)
Sean Kern (Men's Water Polo)
Sasha Victorine (Men's Soccer)
Kristee Porter (Women's Volleyball)
Kate Vermeulen (Women's Cross Country)
Keiko Price (Swimming)
Brandon DiTullio (Men's Golf)
Nick Rimando (Men's Soccer)
Carly Funicello (Women's Basketball)

Favorite Food:
Brie

What is the one TV show you can't miss?:
I don't really watch that much TV. Our cable got turned off, so I haven't watched anything in a while!

Favorite Movie:
"Casino" or "Goodfellas." I like mobster movies.

Favorite Class:
Astronomy 3

Favorite Book:
I just finished The Day After Tomorrow this past weekend. It's a really good murder-mystery. Miss Val gave it to me to read. Lena read it first, then Heidi read it, then I read it.

Last CD you bought:
Santana's Supernatural

Favorite Hangout:
The gym - I'm a gym rat.

Favorite apparatus:
It's got to be vault or bars. Vault is where I score the best - it's the fastest and you get it over with quickly - but bars is a little bit more fun.

If you could play another sport at UCLA it would be:
An outdoor sport because my freshman year when El Ni?o hit, I was living in the dorms and going to practice, and people would be coming home because their practice got cancelled, and I was so jealous.

Most memorable moment:
Competing at the 1997 World Championships. Also competing in the 1996 Olympic Trials because it was a total shock; I didn't think I was going to be there.

Best place you've ever visited:
Paris - I went there after Worlds with my mom and spent a week there and did all of the tourist stuff. It was a blast.

Best event you've ever attended:
I went to a UCLA Ice Hockey game - they are a club team here. It was really different because I've never been to an ice hockey game.

If you could have dinner with one famous person who would it be?:
Jack Nicholson. He plays really interesting, random, crazy characters. Plus, he's just the best actor ever.

What is your favorite Nicholson movie?:
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."

Most famous person you have met:
I've obviously met famous gymnasts - I trained with Svetlana Boguinskaya - but I've never really met any out-of-this-world famous people. You see people a lot here in LA, but I've never really met them.

In 10 years, you will probably be:
A mom.

What do you like to do outside of your sport?:
When is there any time outside of my sport?!

What word best describes you?:
Independent