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| {{Short description|Indian long jumper}}
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| {{Indian name|Sreeshankar|Murali}}
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| | image = Sreeshankar at KV Kanjikode.jpg
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| | caption = Sreeshankar at his alma mater Kendriya Vidyalaya [[Kanjikode]]
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| | name = M. Sreeshankar
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| | event = [[Long jump]]
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| | coach = S. Murali
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| | alma_mater =Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kanjkode,<br>[[Government Victoria College, Palakkad|Government Victoria College]]<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>
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| | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|3|27}}
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| | birth_place = [[Palakkad]], [[Kerala]], India
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| | pb = 8.26 m ([[Patiala]], 2021) ([[List of Indian records in athletics|NR]])
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| {{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Junior Athletics Championships]]}}
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| {{MedalBronze|[[2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships|2018 Gifu]]|Long jump}}
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| '''Murali Sreeshankar''' (born 27 March 1999), commonly known as '''M. Sreeshankar''', is an Indian athlete who competes in the [[long jump]] event. He holds the [[List of Indian records in athletics|national record]] of 8.26 metres set in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/sports/more-sports/athletics/federation-cup-murali-sreeshankar-qualifies-for-tokyo-olympics-sets-national-record-in-long-jump/amp_articleshow/81532467.cms|title=Federation Cup: Murali Sreeshankar qualifies for Tokyo Olympics, sets national record in long-jump|accessdate = 17 March 2021}}</ref>
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| ==Career==
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| 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/>
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| In September 2018, Sreeshankar broke the [[List of Indian records in athletics|national record]] at the 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>
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| 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 web|last1=DohaSeptember 27|first1=India Today Web Desk|last2=September 27|first2=2019UPDATED|last3=Ist|first3=2019 21:05|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|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
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| 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>
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| ==Personal life==
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| 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 at practices as a four-year-old, when his father noticed his potential as a sprinter.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=July 10|first1=Jeemon Jacob Kochi|last2=July 19|first2=2021 ISSUE DATE|last3=July 10|first3=2021UPDATED|last4=Ist|first4=2021 11:59|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|website=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]] had won 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 [[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>
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| 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>
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