Akash Modi (born May 9, 1995) is an American

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

. He represented the United States at the

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and the

2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held in Stuttgart, Germany from October 4–13, 2019. The championships took place at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, and was the third time the city of Stuttgart hosted the event following the ...

and was an alternate for the

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and 2020 Olympic teams.

Personal life

Born in

Edison, New Jersey Edison is a township located in Middlesex County,in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Situated in Central New Jersey within the core of the state's Raritan Valley region, Edison is a commercial hub, home to Menlo Park Mall and Little India. It is ...

, Modi grew up in the Morganville section of

Marlboro Township, New Jersey Marlboro Township is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The township is located within the Raritan Valley region and is a part of the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township had a ...

, where he attended

High Technology High School High Technology High School (HTHS), founded in 1991, is a four-year magnet public high school for students in ninth through twelfth grades, located in the Lincroft section of Middletown Township, in Monmouth County, United States, operated ...

, from which he graduated in 2013.

Gymnastics career

Modi competed at the

2013 Winter Cup The 2013 Winter Cup was an artistic gymnastics competition held at the Las Vegas Sports Center in Las Vegas from February 7 to February 9, 2013. Competition 44 current and former collegiate gymnasts, including five members of the 2012 United Stat ...

where he won silver on parallel bars. He competed at the 2014 Winter Cup where he won gold on parallel bars. He competed at the

2016 Winter Cup The 2016 Winter Cup was an artistic gymnastics competition held at the Cashman Center in Las Vegas from February 18 to February 20, 2016. Competition The finals session featured the top 42 gymnasts according to their all-around ranking and the t ...

where he won silver on horizontal bar and all-around. He competed at the 2017 Winter Cup where he won silver on parallel bars, horizontal bar, and all-around and bronze on floor. He competed at the

2018 Winter Cup The 2018 Winter Cup was an artistic gymnastics competition held at the Westgate Las Vegas in Las Vegas from February 15 to February 17, 2018. Competition The competition was the first to feature separate junior and senior competitive divisions. T ...

where he won silver on floor and parallel bars and bronze in the all-around.

2020–21

In early 2020 Modi competed at the

Winter Cup The Winter Cup is an annual winter gymnastics meet for elite Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnasts of the United States. History The first edition of the Winter Cup was held in 1997 and was initially a men's artistic gymnastics competition. W ...

where he finished 15th in the all-around. The remainder of competitions for the year were canceled or postponed due to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...

. Modi returned to competition at the 2021 U.S. National Championships where he finished sixth in the all-around. As a result, he qualified to compete at the upcoming Olympic Trials. At the Olympic Trials Modi finished sixth in the all-around. He was named as an alternate for the Olympic team.

Competitive history

References

1995 births Living people People from Edison, New Jersey People from Marlboro Township, New Jersey Sportspeople from Monmouth County, New Jersey Stanford University alumni American male artistic gymnasts Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade Universiade bronze medalists for the United States Universiade medalists in gymnastics Stanford Cardinal men's gymnasts {{US-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub