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{{short description|Indian triple jumper}}
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{{Infobox athlete
| image = Renjith Maheshwary by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| name = Renjith Maheśwary
| nationality = [[India]]
| event = [[Triple Jump]]
| club =
| collegeteam =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|01|30}}
| birth_place = [[Channanikadu]], [[Kottayam]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| country = [[India]]
| pb = 17.30 m '''[[List of Indian records in athletics|NR]]''' ([[Bangalore]] 2016)
| medaltemplates=
{{Medal|Sport | Men’s [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{Medal|Country | {{IND}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze| [[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]]|[[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|Triple jump]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[2007 Asian Athletics Championships|2007 Amman]]|[[2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump|Triple jump]]}}
{{Medal|Silver| [[2013 Asian Athletics Championships|2013 Pune]]|[[2013 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump|Triple jump]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[South Asian Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2016 South Asian Games|2016 Guwahati]]|[[Athletics at the 2016 South Asian Games|Triple Jump]]}}
}}
'''Renjith Maheśwary''' (born 30 January 1986 in [[Kottayam]], [[Kerala]]) is an [[India]]n [[triple jump]]er. He finished fourth at the [[Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games|2006 Asian Games]] and won the [[2007 Asian Championships in Athletics|2007 Asian Championships]]. He also competed at the [[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump|2007 World Championships]], the [[2011 World Championships in Athletics|2011 World Championships]] and the [[2013 World Championships in Athletics|2013 World Championships]] but did not reach the final in any of those events. He represented India at the [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing Olympics]] as well as in [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London Olympics]]. At the 2012 London Games as at the World Championships in Daegu, he committed three consecutive foul jumps at the qualifying stage, stopped his Olympic campaign. Renjith, had performed badly at the Beijing Olympics too, where he came up with a best of 15.77m. Later, he tested positive for a stimulant but was let off with a three-month suspension.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/london-olympics-2012/news/Foul-end-to-Renjith-Maheshwarys-Olympic-campaign/articleshow/15397541.cms |title=Foul end to Renjith Maheshwary's Olympic campaign |accessdate=2012-08-07}}</ref>
[[File:XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi (Athletics Men’s Triple Jump) Renjith Maheswary of India won the Bronze Medal, at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in New Delhi on October 12, 2010.jpg|thumb|XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi (Athletics Men’s Triple Jump) Renjith Maheswary of India won the Bronze Medal, at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in New Delhi on October 12, 2010|left]]
With a jump of 17.07 metres at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]], Renjith held the Indian [[List of Indian records in athletics|national record]] till 2014, when it was beaten by [[Arpinder Singh]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Arpinder Singh jumps to glory |url= http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/arpinder-singh-jumps-to-glory/article6094931.ece |newspaper= The Hindu |date= 8 June 2014 |accessdate= 23 July 2014}}</ref> Now Renjith made a new Indian record of 17.30 m in Indian grand prix meet at Bengaluru on 11 July 2016

Renjith Maheswary has won the gold medal in Asian Grand Prix 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/article3419440.ece |title=Renjith Maheswary |accessdate=2012-05-15}}</ref>

Renjith is married to Indian [[pole vault]]er and National record holder [[V. S. Surekha]] and they have a daughter, Jhiya Renjith.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Couple+rewrite+meet+records&artid=xXhBVNueyq0=&SectionID=Aw%7Cqo8JJkxA=&MainSectionID=b7ziAYMenjw=&SectionName=%7C%7CWM0BI9WGM=&SEO=K%20Sowjanya,%20VS%20Surekha,%20Renjith%20Maheswary,%20S%20Srees#|title=Couple rewrite meet records|date=2009-10-24|newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]]|accessdate=2009-10-25}}</ref>

On 19 September 2013, [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India)|Sports Ministry of India]] announced that he would not be given [[Arjuna Award]] over the allegations of [[Doping in sport|doping]] pending against him. Earlier his name figured among the list of Arjuna Awardees for 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Athlete Renjith Maheshwary stripped of Arjuna Award|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2013/09/athlete-renjith-maheshwary-stripped-of-arjuna-award/|accessdate=19 September 2013}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Kerala Olympians]]
* [[List of Indian records in athletics]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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