Hobbies
Cooking. (browngirlmagazine.com, 03 Sep 2019)
Education
Mechanical Engineering - Stanford University, United States
Spoken languages
English
Sporting relatives
His cousin Raj Bhavsar represented the United States of America in artistic gymnastics, and won a bronze medal in the team competition at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. (SportsDeskOnline, 23 Sep 2019; gostanford.com, 30 Jun 2017)
Start sporting career
He first tried the sport in 2001 at Monmouth Gymnastics in New Jersey, United States of America. (flogymnastics.com, 23 Dec 2020; thejuggernaut.com, 09 Jul 2020)
Reason for taking up the sport
"My parents got a coupon for a month free at the gym and thought, 'Why not?' So I ended up going and I liked it from the beginning." (thejuggernaut.com, 09 Jul 2020; browngirlmagazine.com, 03 Sep 2019)
Ambitions
To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (browngirlmagazine.com, 03 Sep 2019; gymblogcentral.com, 13 Mar 2018)
Trainings
He trains for up to five hours a day. (thejuggernaut.com, 09 Jul 2020)
Hero / Idol
US gymnast [and his cousin] Raj Bhavsar. (gymblogcentral.com, 13 Mar 2018)
Rituals
He likes to play video games to relax before a competition. (gymblogcentral.com, 13 Mar 2018)
Philosophy / Motto
"My philosophy that I take in every day is that I try to improve on something every single day. So if I'm having a bad day in the gym and can't do something difficult, I'll focus on something small, like my toe point. Doing one positive thing every day for the past 18 years definitely adds up, which has helped me to get to where I am." (browngirlmagazine.com, 03 Sep 2019)
Awards
In 2017 he received USA Gymnastics' Nissen Emery Award from the College Gymnastics Association for Best Senior Male Collegiate Gymnast. (gostanford.com, 30 Jun 2017)
In 2017 he received the Pac-12 conference Tom Hansen Medal. The award is given to the top male and female senior gymnasts from each university in the conference. (gostanford.com, 30 Jun 2017)
In 2017 he was given the Al Masters award by Stanford University. (gostanford.com, 30 Jun 2017)
In both 2014 and 2015 he was named Gymnast of the Year by the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. (gostanford.com, 30 Jun 2017)
Additional information
General
FURTHER EDUCATION
After earning an undergraduate degree from Stanford University, he began a master's degree in mechanical engineering at the same institution. He believes the course, which had a focus on dynamics, has helped him to understand the technical advice his coach gives him. "A lot of times when a coach gives me a correction, I'll try to think out why that correction works, and see what I can do to think about it a certain way so I can get my body to maximise that correction. If I need to elevate my body more in a circle on pommel horse, which group should I activate to get my body as elevated as possible?" (flogymnastics.com, 23 Dec 2020; gymblogcentral.com, 13 Mar 2018)
FEAR OF HEIGHTS
The high bar is the hardest event for him due to his fear of heights. "I'm scared of heights, I refuse to go [on roller coasters]. So every turn I take fills me with fear. It's also an event that does not come naturally to me, so I've had to work extremely hard to figure out how to construct a routine that works for me." (gymblogcentral.com, 13 Mar 2018)
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