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	#~~REDIRECT~~ [[M. Sreeshankar]]		{{Short description\|Indian long jumper}}
			{{Use dmy dates\|date=September 2019}}
			{{Use Indian English\|date=September 2019}}
			{{Indian name\|Sreeshankar\|Murali}}
			{{Infobox sportsperson
			\| image = Sreeshankar at KV Kanjikode.jpg
			\| caption =
			\| name = M. Sreeshankar
			\| event = [[Long jump]]
			\| coach = S. Murali
			\| club =
			\| collegeteam =
			\| height = 5 ft 11 in
			\| alma_mater = {{Unbulleted_list\|[[Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kanjikode]]\|[[NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad]]\|[[Government Victoria College, Palakkad]] ([[Bachelor of Science\|B.Sc.]])<br><ref name=breaking>{{cite news \|title=Breaking furniture, records too! \|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/magazine/m-sreeshankar-long-jump-national-record-athletics-palakkad/article26080538.ece \|accessdate=9 September 2019 \|work=Sportstar \|date=24 January 2019}}</ref>}}
			\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|df=yes\|1999\|03\|27}}
			\| birth_place = [[Palakkad district\|Palakkad]], [[Kerala]], India
			\| pb = 8.41 m (Kalinga, 2023)
			\| show-medals = yes
			\| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport\|Men's [[Sport of athletics\|athletics]]}}
			{{MedalCountry\|{{IND}}}}
			{{MedalCompetition\|[[Asian Games]]}}
			{{Medal\|Silver\|[[2022 Asian Games\|2022 Hangzhou]]\|[[Athletics at the 2022 Asian Games – Men's long jump\|Long jump]]}}
			{{MedalCompetition\|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
			{{MedalSilver\|[[2022 Commonwealth Games\|2022 Birmingham]]\|[[Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's long jump\|Long jump]]}}
			{{MedalCompetition\|[[Asian Junior Athletics Championships]]}}
			{{MedalBronze\|[[2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships\|2018 Gifu]]\|Long jump}}
			{{MedalCompetition\|[[Asian Athletics Championships]]}}
			{{MedalSilver\|[[2023 Asian Athletics Championships\|2023 Bangkok]]\|Long jump}}
			}}
			'''Murali Sreeshankar''' (born 27 March 1999) is an Indian athlete who competes in the [[long jump]] event. He created a [[List of Indian records in athletics\|national record]] of 8.36 metres set in 2022.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Kumar \|first1=P. K. Ajith \|title=Federation Cup: Sreeshankar-Jeswin epic long jump duel lights up day two \|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/athletics/sreeshankar-national-record-jeswin-aldrin-long-jump-federation-cup-day-two/article38467984.ece \|access-date=11 August 2022 \|work=Sportstar \|date=3 April 2022 \|language=en}}</ref>

			==Career==
			In March 2018, Sreeshankar cleared a 7.99 m jump at the Federation Cup in [[Patiala]].<ref name="silver" /> He was named in the Indian contingent for the [[2018 Commonwealth Games]] but had to pull out 10 days before the April event after being diagnosed with [[appendicitis]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Long jumper Sreeshankar's CWG dreams over \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/commonwealth-games/long-jumper-sreeshankars-cwg-dreams-over/articleshow/63454882.cms \|accessdate=26 August 2018 \|work=The Times of India \|date=25 March 2018}}</ref> Following an emergency appendix surgery, he was placed on a [[liquid diet]], which resulted in significant weight loss and an inability to walk properly.<ref name="fpost" /> Two months later, he participated in the [[2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships]] in [[Gifu]] despite having "less strength, speed and focus" from before the illness and won bronze with a jump of 7.47 metres.<ref name="silver">{{cite news \|title=Long jumper Sreeshankar finds silver lining in Junior Asian bronze \|url=https://www.espn.in/athletics/story/_/id/23768845/on-comeback-serious-injury-long-jumper-m-sreeshankar-finds-silver-lining-junior-asian-championships-bronze-medal \|accessdate=9 September 2019 \|work=ESPN.in \|date=12 June 2018}}</ref> At the [[Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's long jump\|2018 Asian Games]] in [[Jakarta]], he "struggled with run-up issues"<ref>{{cite news \|title=Sreeshankar gets into 8.50m form, confident of big jumps this season \|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/athletics/indian-athletics-long-jump-m-sreeshankar-asian-record/article26333608.ece \|accessdate=9 September 2019 \|work=Sportstar \|date=22 February 2019}}</ref> and finished sixth in the final with 7.95 metres.<ref name="fpost" />

			In September 2018, Sreeshankar broke the [[List of Indian records in athletics\|national record]] at the [[Indian National Open Athletics Championships\|National Open Athletics Championships]] in [[Bhubaneswar]] where he achieved a jump of 8.20 metres. It was also the world leading jump of the season among under-20 athletes<ref>{{cite news \|title=Sreeshankar breaks national long-jump record with season's U-20 best in world \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/athletics/sreeshankar-breaks-national-long-jump-record-with-seasons-u-20-best-in-world/articleshow/65984746.cms? \|accessdate=9 September 2019 \|work=The Times of India \|date=27 September 2018}}</ref> and made him the first Indian athlete to qualify for the [[2019 World Athletics Championships]] scheduled to be held in September–October in [[Doha]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=National Open Athletics: Sreeshankar and Anjali first to qualify \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/national-open-athletics-sreeshankar-and-anjali-first-to-qualify/article25673890.ece \|accessdate=9 September 2019 \|work=The Hindu \|date=5 December 2018}}</ref> At the World Championships, Sreeshankar failed to qualify for the finals, achieving a best leap of 7.62m, with the qualification mark set at 8.15.<ref>{{Cite magazine\|date=September 27, 2019 \|title=IAAF World Championships: Sreeshankar fails to qualify for final in long jump\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/athletics/story/iaaf-world-championships-sreeshankar-fails-to-qualify-for-final-in-long-jump-1604005-2019-09-27\|access-date=2021-07-16\|magazine=India Today\|language=en}}</ref>

			Sreeshankar qualified for the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] by recording a jump of 8.26m, a new national record, at the Federation Cup in Patiala in March 2021.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Long Jump: Sreeshankar sets new national record at Federation Cup, books Tokyo Olympics ticket \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/murali-sreeshankar-tokyo-olympics-qualification-long-jump-8-26m-new-national-record-1780042-2021-03-16 \|access-date=7 August 2021 \|work=India Today \|language=en}}</ref> At the Olympics, he registered a jump of 7.69m in the [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump#Qualifying\|qualifying round]] and failed to enter the final.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Tokyo Olympics long jump: M. Sreeshankar fails to make cut for final \|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/olympics/tokyo-olympics/m-sreeshankar-athletics-long-jump-fails-to-qualify-for-final-distance/article35650064.ece \|access-date=7 August 2021 \|work=Sportstar \|language=en}}</ref>

			At the [[2022 World Athletics Championships]], he qualified for the final round and finished seventh with a jump of 7.96 m.<ref>{{Cite news\|date=July 17, 2022 \|title= World Athletics Championships: Murali Sreeshankar finishes 7th in long jump finals\|url= https://www.espn.in/athletics/story/_/id/34256559/2022-world-athletics-championships-murali-sreeshankar-seventh-long-jump-final?platform=amp \|access-date=2022-07-17\|work=ESPN\|language=en}}</ref> At the [[Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's long jump\|2022 Commonwealth Games]], he won the silver medal with a jump of 8.08 metres and became the first male long jumper from India to win a silver medal at the Games.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Murali Sreeshankar bags historic silver in men's long jump with 8.08m attempt at CWG; Muhammed Anees Yahiya finishes 5th \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/commonwealth-games/murali-sreeshankar-bags-historic-silver-in-men-s-long-jump-with-8-08m-attempt-muhammed-anees-yahiya-finishes-5th-101659634439426.html \|access-date=4 August 2022 \|work=Hindustan Times \|date=5 August 2022 \|language=en}}</ref>

			As of 2022, he was one of the only three Indian athletes that ever made it to the top 3 in a [[Diamond League]] meet.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2023-06-09 \|title=Sreeshankar Murali finishes third in Paris Diamond League \|url=https://www.espn.in/athletics/story/_/id/37827261/sreeshankar-murali-long-jump-third-2023-paris-diamond-league \|access-date=2023-08-23 \|website=ESPN \|language=en}}</ref>

			==Personal life==
			Sreeshankar is coached by his father S. Murali who is a former [[triple jump]] athlete and silver medalist at the [[South Asian Games]]. Sreeshankar would accompany his father to practice as a four-year-old, when his father noticed his potential as a sprinter.<ref>{{Cite magazine\|author=Jeemon Jacob Kochi \|date=July 10, 2021 \|title=High flyer {{!}} M. Sreeshankar\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20210719-high-flyer-m-sreeshankar-1825907-2021-07-10\|access-date=2021-07-16\|magazine=India Today\|language=en}}</ref> Sreeshankar became a state-level under-10 champion in [[50 metres]] and [[100 metres]],<ref name=fpost/> but switched from [[sprinting]] to long jump at the age of 13.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Long Jump prodigy Sreeshankar, on cusp of 8-metre club, eyes Asian Games and Junior Worlds \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/long-jump-prodigy-sreeshankar-on-the-cusp-of-8-metre-club-eyes-asian-games-and-junior-worlds-5092490/ \|accessdate=9 September 2019 \|work=The Indian Express \|date=10 March 2018}}</ref> His mother [[K. S. Bijimol]] has won a silver medal in [[800 metres]] at the [[1992 Asian Junior Athletics Championships]].<ref name=fpost>{{cite news \|title=Long jumper M Sreeshankar looks beyond Tokyo Olympics 2020 after impressive run at European circuit \|url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/long-jumper-m-sreeshankar-looks-beyond-tokyo-olympics-2020-after-impressive-run-at-european-circuit-7057681.html \|accessdate=9 September 2019 \|work=Firstpost \|date=25 July 2019}}</ref> His sister Sreeparvathy is a [[heptathlon\|heptathlete]].<ref name=breaking/> As of August 2019, Sreeshankar is pursuing a [[BSc]] in mathematics at the [[Government Victoria College, Palakkad\|Government Victoria College]], [[Palakkad]].<ref name=breaking/><ref name=n18>{{cite news \|title=Journey Has Just Begun, Says Record-holding Long Jumper Murali Sreeshankar \|url=https://www.news18.com/news/sports/journey-has-just-begun-says-record-holding-long-jumper-murali-sreeshankar-2281353.html \|accessdate=9 September 2019 \|work=News18 \|date=23 August 2019}}</ref>

			Sreeshankar is part of the Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme started by the [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports]]. He is sponsored by [[JSW Group#JSW Sports\|JSW Sports]] and supported by JSW's [[Inspire Institute of Sport]] in [[Bellary district]], [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Longing to jump into international league \|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2019/feb/06/longing-to-jump-into-international-league-1935054.html \|accessdate=9 September 2019 \|work=The New Indian Express \|date=6 February 2019}}</ref>

			==References==
			{{Reflist}}

			==External links==
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