Mahitha Mohan
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Mahitha Mohan is an Indian cyclist who has been national champion in multiple road, track, and mountain bike events.[1] At the 2010 South Asian Games, she was the 50 km Mass Start gold medal winner.[2] She was named India's best cyclist in 2010.
Biography
Mahitha Mohan started competitive cycling in 2002, at the age of 14, following her elder brother Santhanu into the sport. With the family living in Thodupuzha, a small town in Kerala, India, the nearest cycling track for training was located at Trivandrum, a more than 5-hour drive away.
Palmarès
- 2002
- National Track Cycling Championship
Time Trial (Girls under 14)
Individual pursuit (Girls under 14)
- 2003
- National Mountain Bike Cycling Championship
- Mass Start (Girls under 16)
Mass Start (Girls under 18)- Time Trial (Girls under 16)
- National Track Cycling Championship
- Team pursuit (Girls under 18)
- Team time trial (Girls under 18)
- Individual pursuit (Girls under 16)
- 2004
- National Mountain Bike Cycling Championship
- Mass Start (Girls under 16)
- Mass Start (Girls under 18)
- Time Trial (Girls under 16)
- National Track Cycling Championship
- Team pursuit (Girls under 18)
- Team time trial (Girls under 18)
- 2005
- National Mountain Bike Cycling Championship
- Mass Start (Girls under 18)
- Time Trial (Girls under 18)
- 2006
- National Track Cycling Championship (at Patiyala)
- Olympic Sprint (Girls under 19)
- Mass Start (Girls under 19)
- Points race (Girls under 19)
- Team pursuit (Girls under 19)
- Team time trial (Girls under 19)
- National Track Cycling Championship (at Bijapur)
- Mass Start (Girls under 19)
- Points race (Girls under 19)
- Olympic Sprint (Girls under 19)
- Team time trial (Girls under 19)
- Points race (Women)
- Team pursuit (Girls under 19)
- National Road Cycling Championship
- Mass Start (Girls under 19)
- Time Trial (Girls under 19)
- Team time trial (Women)
- All India Inter University Cycling Championship
- Mass Start
- Time Trial
- 2007
- National Mountain Bike Cycling Championship
- Mass Start (Girls under 19)
- National Games of India
- National Track Cycling Championship
- Points race (Women)
- Points race (Girls under 19)
- Scratch race (Girls under 19)
- Time Trial (Girls under 19)
- Olympic Team Sprint (Women)
- Sprint (Women)
- Time Trial (Women)
- Team pursuit (Women)
- Team time trial (Women)
- National Road Cycling Championship
- Mass Start (Girls under 19)
- Team time trial (Women)
- Time Trial (Women)
- 2008
- All India Inter University Cycling Championship
- Mass Start (Women)
- Time Trial (Women)
- Team pursuit (Women)
- Team time trial (Women)
- National Road Cycling Championship
- Kriterium (Women)
- Mass Start (Women)
- Team time trial (Women)
- 2009
- National Track Cycling Championship
- Points race (Women)
- Time Trial (Women)
- Olympic Sprint (Women)
- Sprint (Women)
- Team pursuit (Women)
- Team time trial (Women)
- All India Inter University Cycling Championship
- Mass Start (Women)
- Time Trial (Women)
- Team time trial (Women)
- Team pursuit
- 2010
- South Asian Games
- Mass Start 50 km
Team time trial
References
- ^ "Mahitha Mohan ends on a high with three gold in cycling". The Times of India. Press Trust of India. 23 February 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ^ Sabanayakan, S. (2 February 2010). "Good haul by Indian contingent". The Hindu. Retrieved 9 May 2014.