Rithik Puri

Class:
Junior
Weight:
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Hometown:
Chicago, Ill.
High School:
Lakeshore

At Michigan
• NCAA All-American (2025, still rings)
• All-Big Ten Second Team (2024)
• CSC Academic All-District (2025)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2024)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2023)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2023)
• CGA All-American Scholar-Athlete, First Team (2022)

Senior (2025)
• Competed on the still rings in nine meets
• Finished sixth on still rings (13.966) at the NCAA Finals (April 19)
• Tied his career-high of 14.000 against Ohio State (March 15)

Junior (2024)
• Joined the still rings lineup on nine occasions, highlighted by a career-high score of 13.75 notched against Nebraska (Feb. 10)
• Scored a new personal best (14.00) on high bar against Army (Jan. 20) in third of six appearances
• Also competed on vault five times, marked by a 14.00 against Springfield/ASU (Feb. 17) and made one appearance in the all-around

Sophomore (2023)
• Scored career-best 14.50 on vault (March 18)
• Compiled an all-around mark of 77.500 at the Winter Cup (Feb. 26)
• Took part in all-around competition on three occasions in all, also scoring a 75.250 (Jan. 7) and 70.950 (Feb. 24)

Freshman (2022)
• Competed in the all-around against NIU, scoring a 74.700, highlighted by a 13.70 on vault
• Scored a 13.15 on high bar against Penn State (March 18)
• Marked a 12.90 on high bar against Army & William and Mary (March 5)

Prep
• Three-time U.S. Championships Qualifier
• U.S. Championships pommel horse champion (2021)
• Placed fifth in the all-around at the 2021 U.S. Championships
• Club team captain (2020-21)
• Club team national champion (2021)
• Four-time Academic All-American

Personal
• Rithik Chandra Puri
• Chicago Laboratory High School (2021), Chicago, Ill.
• Born Oct. 6, 2002 in Chicago, Ill.
• Son of Anita Chandra-Puri and Tipu Puri
• Has brothers Shaunak, Akshay, and Kavan
• Biomedical Engineering student in the College of Engineering