Education
He was raised in Greater Houston and attended Bear Creek Elementary, Wolfe Elementary, Mayde Creek Junior High and Mayde Creek High School.
He was raised in Greater Houston and attended Bear Creek Elementary, Wolfe Elementary, Mayde Creek Junior High and Mayde Creek High School.
He was originally an alternate, but was named to the team following the injury withdrawal of Paul Hamm. At the Games, Bhavsar earned a bronze medal with the United States. team in Artistic Gymnastics with teammates Alexander Artemev, Joey Hagerty, Jonathan Horton, Justin Spring, and Kai Wen Tan. He was a contender for the 2004 Olympic Team, and was named as an alternate.
Bhavsar is the son of Jyotindra and Surekha Bhavsar.
He was born in Houston. During this time he trained at Cypress Academy of Gymnastics under his coach Bill Foster.
At the 2004 Olympic Trials, he was in contention for the United States. Olympic Team. He was named as an alternate.
In 2004 he was first in the rings in the trials, and fourth overall in the national championships, yet was passed over.
In 2008 he was third in the Olympic trials and the Visa Championships and again wound up an alternate to the 6-man team This was due to the fact that his strongest events overlapped with those of Paul Hamm and Morgan Hamm, and the team needed gymnasts who were stronger in other disciplines. After Paul Hamm was injured, Bhavsar was selected to the team which earned a bronze medal.
Bhavsar is the creator of two new gymnastics elements, which are now named after him.
"The Bhavsar" on the still rings was created in 2003. lieutenant is a front lever start with movement into a final position called a Maltese.
"The Bhavsar" on parallel bars was created and performed in 2009 at the Moscow World Cup. This is a tkatchev style release move starting on one end of the bars and finishing on the other.
After obtaining his goals as an Olympic gymnast, in 2010 Bhavsar started working for Cirque du Soleil as an artist for their performance show Iris which debuted in July 2011.
He was a member of the 2001 and 2003 World Championships United States. team He earned a bronze medal as a member of the 2008 United States. Olympic Team, becoming the third Indian-American ever to medal at the Olympics, after Mohini Bhardwaj and Alexi Grewal.