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| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1988|1|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India
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{{MedalSport | Women's [[road bicycle racing|road cycling]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[South Asian Games]] (SAG) }}
{{MedalGold | [[2010 South Asian Games|2010 Dhaka, Bangladesh]] | 50&nbsp;km Mass Start}}
{{MedalGold | [[2010 South Asian Games|2010 Dhaka, Bangladesh]] | [[File:CR icon2.PNG|20px|championship records icon CR]] [[Team time trial]]}}
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'''Mahitha Mohan''' is an [[India]]n cyclist who has been national champion in multiple [[road cycling|road]], [[track cycling|track]], and [[Mountain bike racing|mountain bike]] events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-23/national-games-2011/28625875_1_three-gold-gold-medals-silver-and-bronze|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928094243/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-23/national-games-2011/28625875_1_three-gold-gold-medals-silver-and-bronze|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 September 2013|title=Mahitha Mohan ends on a high with three gold in cycling|agency=[[Press Trust of India]]|date=23 February 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=9 May 2014}}</ref> At the [[2010 South Asian Games]], she was the 50&nbsp;km Mass Start gold medal winner.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/article98820.ece|title=Good haul by Indian contingent|last1=Sabanayakan|first1=S.|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=2 February 2010 |accessdate=9 May 2014}}</ref> She was named India's best cyclist in 2010.

==Biography==
Mahitha Mohan started [[Cycle sport|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 [[Thiruvananthapuram|Trivandrum]], a more than 5-hour drive away.

==Palmarès==
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;2002
<!--at Hydrabad 14–19 November 2002-->
:National Track Cycling Championship
::{{goca}} [[Track time trial|Time Trial]] (Girls under 14)
::{{sica}} [[Individual pursuit]] (Girls under 14)
;2003
<!--at Anathapursahib 13–17 October 2003-->
:National Mountain Bike Cycling Championship
::{{goca}} Mass Start (Girls under 16)
::{{brca}} Mass Start (Girls under 18)
::{{brca}} Time Trial (Girls under 16)
<!--at Ludhiana 23–28 November 2003-->
:National Track Cycling Championship
::{{sica}} [[Team pursuit]] (Girls under 18)
::{{brca}} [[Track time trial|Team time trial]] (Girls under 18)
::{{brca}} [[Individual pursuit]] (Girls under 16)
;2004
<!--at Anathapursahib 14–19 October 2004-->
:National Mountain Bike Cycling Championship
::{{goca}} Mass Start (Girls under 16)
::{{goca}} Mass Start (Girls under 18)
::{{sica}} Time Trial (Girls under 16)
<!--at Hydrabad 22–27 November 2004-->
:National Track Cycling Championship
::{{sica}} [[Team pursuit]] (Girls under 18)
::{{brca}} [[Track time trial|Team time trial]] (Girls under 18)
;2005
<!--at Hydrabad 21–25 July 2005-->
:National Mountain Bike Cycling Championship
::{{sica}} Mass Start (Girls under 18)
::{{sica}} Time Trial (Girls under 18)
;2006
<!--16–21 January 2006-->
:National Track Cycling Championship (at Patiyala)
::{{goca}} [[Team sprint|Olympic Sprint]] (Girls under 19)
::{{sica}} Mass Start (Girls under 19)
::{{sica}} [[Points race]] (Girls under 19)
::{{sica}} [[Team pursuit]] (Girls under 19)
::{{brca}} [[Track time trial|Team time trial]] (Girls under 19)
<!--16–21 June 2006-->
:National Track Cycling Championship (at Bijapur)
::{{goca}} Mass Start (Girls under 19)
::{{goca}} [[Points race]] (Girls under 19)
::{{goca}} [[Team sprint|Olympic Sprint]] (Girls under 19)
::{{goca}} [[Track time trial|Team time trial]] (Girls under 19)
::{{sica}} [[Points race]] (Women)
::{{brca}} [[Team pursuit]] (Girls under 19)
<!--at Jabalpur Karnataka 6–10 November 2006-->
:National Road Cycling Championship
::{{sica}} Mass Start (Girls under 19)
::{{brca}} [[Individual time trial|Time Trial]] (Girls under 19)
::{{brca}} [[Team time trial]] (Women)
<!--at Punjab University, Pattiyala 22–26 November 2006-->
:All India Inter University Cycling Championship
::{{goca}} Mass Start
::{{goca}} [[Track time trial|Time Trial]]
;2007
<!--at Thiruvantahpuram, Kerala 10–14 January 2007-->
:National Mountain Bike Cycling Championship
::{{sica}} Mass Start (Girls under 19)
<!--at Guwahati from 8–18 February 2007-->
:[[2007 National Games of India|National Games of India]]
::{{brca}} [[Sprint (cycling)|Sprint]]
::{{brca}} [[Team sprint|Olympic Team Sprint]]
<!--at Hyderabad from 3–8 December 2007-->
:National Track Cycling Championship
::{{goca}} [[Points race]] (Women)
::{{goca}} [[Points race]] (Girls under 19)
::{{goca}} [[Scratch race]] (Girls under 19)
::{{goca}} [[Track time trial|Time Trial]] (Girls under 19)
::{{goca}} [[Team sprint|Olympic Team Sprint]] (Women)
::{{sica}} [[Sprint (cycling)|Sprint]] (Women)
::{{sica}} [[Track time trial|Time Trial]] (Women)
::{{sica}} [[Team pursuit]] (Women)
::{{sica}} [[Track time trial|Team time trial]] (Women)
<!--at Erode 27–31 December 2007-->
:National Road Cycling Championship
::{{goca}} Mass Start (Girls under 19)
::{{goca}} [[Team time trial]] (Women)
::{{brca}} [[Individual time trial|Time Trial]] (Women)
;2008
<!--at Punjab University, Pattiyala 1–5 February 2008-->
:All India Inter University Cycling Championship
::{{goca}} Mass Start (Women)
::{{sica}} [[Track time trial|Time Trial]] (Women)
::{{sica}} [[Team pursuit]] (Women)
::{{sica}} [[Track time trial|Team time trial]] (Women)
<!--at Jamgandi, Karnataka 17–21 October 2008-->
:National Road Cycling Championship
::{{sica}} Kriterium (Women) 
::{{sica}} Mass Start (Women)
::{{sica}} [[Team time trial]] (Women)
;2009
<!--at Patiyala from 13–18 January 2009-->
:National Track Cycling Championship
::{{goca}} [[Points race]] (Women)
::{{goca}} [[Track time trial|Time Trial]] (Women)
::{{goca}} [[Team sprint|Olympic Sprint]] (Women)
::{{sica}} [[Sprint (cycling)|Sprint]] (Women)
::{{sica}} [[Team pursuit]] (Women)
::{{brca}} [[Track time trial|Team time trial]] (Women)
<!--at Ludhiana, February 2009-->
:All India Inter University Cycling Championship
::{{goca}} Mass Start (Women)
::{{goca}} [[Track time trial|Time Trial]] (Women)
::{{sica}} [[Track time trial|Team time trial]] (Women)
::{{brca}} [[Team pursuit]]
;2010
<!--at Dhakka, Bangladesh 29 January&nbsp;– 3 February 2010-->
:[[2010 South Asian Games|South Asian Games]]
::{{goca}} Mass Start 50&nbsp;km
::{{goca}}[[File:CR icon2.PNG|20px|championship records icon CR]] [[Team time trial]]
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==References==
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[[Category:Road racing cyclists]]
[[Category:Indian track cyclists]]
[[Category:Indian mountain bikers]]
[[Category:Indian female cyclists]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for India]]
[[Category:1988 births]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 2014 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Kerala]]
[[Category:People from Idukki district]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:South Asian Games gold medalists for India]]
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]
[[Category:South Asian Games medalists in cycling]]


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