Mohini Bhardwaj was born in Philadelphia to a multicultural family with father an Indian native Kaushal and mother a Russian Indu Bhardwaj. She started practising gymnastics at the age of 4 and got her training at Queen City Gymnastics until 1993. Later she attained her training under Alexander Alexandrov, the former Soviet National Team coach, and Rita Brown. She trained in both Orlando and Houston.

The Indian American gymnast Mohini Bhardwaj has made it to the US team for the Athens Olympic games. The 25-year-old sociology major from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) was selected for the August Olympics.

Majoring in History and Sociology (having switched out of Earth and Science), Mohini found success both in the classroom and in sport. She earned All American honors during her Freshman season, and made two event finals at the NCAA Championships.

Mohini was a three-time US team member. Despite a 3rd place finish in the US Classic in 1996, Mohini placed 10th at the 1996 Olympic Trials and did not qualify to compete at the 1996 Olympics. Despite her desire to retire from elite gymnastics soon afterward, Mohini continued in the sport in order to compete in the 1997 Worlds, mostly as a result of her parent's direction. As a result, Mohini finished 3rd at the 1997 Nationals, qualifying for her first World Championships team. She finished 5th on Vault, the best showing on this apparatus from an American since 1992.

Mohini attained a temporary retirement after an elbow injury at 2002 US Nationals but came back successfully to represent US in the forthcoming Athens Olympics. She received many medals and awards during her career as gymnast, the brief list is as here under.