Mahitha Mohan
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Mahitha Mohan is an Indian cyclist who has competed in road, track, and mountain bike events.[1] She has won multiple national championships and represented India in international competitions, including the South Asian Games, where she won a gold medal in the women's 50 km mass start event.[2][3][4]
Early life
[edit]Mahitha Mohan is from Kerala, India, and began competitive cycling at a young age. She began cycling in her early teens, with limited access to facilities.[5]
Career
[edit]Mohan emerged as a leading cyclist in India through her performances in national competitions across road, track, and mountain biking disciplines. She gained recognition at the 2010 South Asian Games, where she won the gold medal in the women's 50 km mass start event.[3]
She also achieved success at the National Games, winning multiple gold medals, including in the individual road time trial and track cycling events.[4]
Mohan's achievements came during a period when competitive cycling in India had limited infrastructure and international success.[5] She was named India's best cyclist in 2010.[6]
Palmarès
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ↑ "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.[dead link]
- 1 2 "Mahitha Mohan ends on a high with three gold in cycling". The Times of India. 23 February 2011. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- 1 2 Press Trust of India. "Mahitha Mohan ends on a high with three gold in cycling". NDTV Sports.
- 1 2 "Indian cyclists face an uphill task". The Indian Express. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "| Ninety One Cycles Blog". www.outdoors91.com. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- Road racing cyclists
- Indian track cyclists
- Indian mountain bikers
- Indian female cyclists
- Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Living people
- Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games cyclists for India
- 1988 births
- Cyclists at the 2010 Asian Games
- Cyclists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Sportswomen from Kerala
- People from Idukki district
- 21st-century Indian sportswomen
- South Asian Games gold medalists for India
- Asian Games cyclists for India
- South Asian Games medalists in cycling