Monica Rokhman (born May 27, 1997) is an American group rhythmic gymnast. Rokhman was raised in San Diego, California, and represents the United States at international competitions. She competed at the 2013, 2014 and

2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships The 2015 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, the 34th edition, was held in Stuttgart, Germany, from September 7 to 13, 2015 at the Porsche Arena. Participating countries List of delegations participating in Championship. Schedule ;Sep ...

. At the 2015 World Championships, the American team finished in 13th place with 32.299 points, ahead of Brazil and the highest among all non-Asian and non-European countries, and qualified to the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. She was born in

Northbrook, Illinois Northbrook is a suburb of Chicago, located at the northern edge of Cook County, Illinois, United States, on the border of Lake County, Illinois, Lake County. Per the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 35,222. When incorpo ...

, to Dmitry and Sveltana Rokhman,Monica Rokhman
Team USA Russian Jews who immigrated to the United States. She performs together with Jennifer Rokhman, her twin sister. In 2010, the two sisters moved back to Illinois to train for the national rhythmic gymnastics team.Tribe members at Rio games
/ref> She was a member of the American team at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

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1997 births Living people American rhythmic gymnasts Jewish American sportspeople Jewish gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Twin sportspeople Russian Jews People from Northbrook, Illinois Pan American Games medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games 21st-century American Jews 21st-century American women {{US-rhythmic-gymnastics-bio-stub