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M. Sreeshankar

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In this Indian name, the name Murali is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Sreeshankar.

Murali Sreeshankar (born 27 March 1999), commonly known as M. Sreeshankar, is an Indian athlete who competes in the long jump event. Murali Sreeshankar won himself a long jump berth at the Tokyo Olympics after breaking his own national record to set a new mark of 8.26m at the Federation Cup in Patiala[2]

M. Sreeshankar
Personal information
Born (1999-03-27) 27 March 1999 (age 26)
Palakkad, Kerala, India
Alma materKendriya Vidyalaya Kanjkode, Government Victoria College[1]
Sport
Event(s)Long jump
Coached byS. Murali
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)8.26 m (Patiala, 2021)(NR)
Medal record
Representing  India
Asian Junior Athletics Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gifu Long jump

Career

In March 2018, Sreeshankar cleared a 7.99 m jump at the Federation Cup in Patiala.[3] 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.[4] Following an emergency appendix surgery, he was placed on a liquid diet, which resulted in significant weight loss and an inability to walk properly.[5] 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.[3] At the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, he "struggled with run-up issues"[6] and finished sixth in the final with 7.95 metres.[5]

In September 2018, Sreeshankar broke the 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[7] and made him the first Indian athlete to qualify for the 2019 World Athletics Championships scheduled to be held in September–October in Doha.[8]

Sreeshankar Murali failed to qualify for the finals in men's long jump as he finished with a best leap of 7.62m, while the qualification mark was set at 8.15 in IAAF World Championships at Doha. Murli Sreeshankar finished 22nd out of 27 jumpers.[9]

Once Sreeshankar Murali faced left heel injury, which sidelined him for three weeks. Sreeshankar showed concern over his Asian Championship qualification chances and has requested Athletics Federation of India (AFI) to allow him to appear for a trial after he recovers by the beginning of next month.[10]

Personal life

Sreeshankar was a state-level under-10 champion in 50 metres and 100 metres,[5] but switched from sprinting to long jump at the age of 13.[11]It was his father, though, a triple jumper, who noticed his potential as a sprinter when a four-year-old Sreeshankar began accompanying him to his practices.[12] He is coached by his father S. Murali who is a former triple jump athlete and silver medalist at the South Asian Games. His mother K. S. Bijimol had won silver medal in 800 metres at the 1992 Asian Junior Athletics Championships.[5] His sister Sreeparvathy is a heptathlete.[1] As of August 2019, Sreeshankar is pursuing BSc in mathematics at the Government Victoria College, Palakkad.[1][13]

 
Sreeshankar at his alma mater
 

Sreeshankar completed his schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kanjikode and had won Gold Medal in National School Senior Athletics Long Jump with National Record (7.57 m) at SGFI Meet held at Pune while he was in Class XII.[14] Sreeshankar was equally good in academics and had passed CBSE AISSE (Class X) with A+ in all subjects.[15] He also secured third rank in the Vidyalaya in CBSE AISSCE 2017 with 96%.[16]

Sreeshankar is part of the Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme started by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. He is sponsored by JSW Sports and supported by JSW's Inspire Institute of Sport in Bellary district, Karnataka.[17]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Breaking furniture, records too!". Sportstar. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  2. ↑ DelhiMarch 16, India Today Web Desk New; March 16, 2021UPDATED; Ist, 2021 19:01. "Long Jump: Sreeshankar sets new national record at Federation Cup, books Tokyo Olympics ticket". India Today. Retrieved 16 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Long jumper Sreeshankar finds silver lining in Junior Asian bronze". ESPN.in. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "Long jumper Sreeshankar's CWG dreams over". The Times of India. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Long jumper M Sreeshankar looks beyond Tokyo Olympics 2020 after impressive run at European circuit". Firstpost. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "Sreeshankar gets into 8.50m form, confident of big jumps this season". Sportstar. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "Sreeshankar breaks national long-jump record with season's U-20 best in world". The Times of India. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "National Open Athletics: Sreeshankar and Anjali first to qualify". The Hindu. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  9. ↑ DohaSeptember 27, India Today Web Desk; September 27, 2019UPDATED; Ist, 2019 21:05. "IAAF World Championships: Sreeshankar fails to qualify for final in long jump". India Today. Retrieved 16 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ DelhiMarch 10, Aditya K. Halder New; March 10, 2019UPDATED; Ist, 2019 09:51. "Heel injury forces Sreeshankar out of Federation Cup". India Today. Retrieved 16 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ↑ "Long Jump prodigy Sreeshankar, on cusp of 8-metre club, eyes Asian Games and Junior Worlds". The Indian Express. 10 March 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  12. ↑ July 10, Jeemon Jacob Kochi; July 19, 2021 ISSUE DATE; July 10, 2021UPDATED; Ist, 2021 11:59. "High flyer | M. Sreeshankar". India Today. Retrieved 16 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ↑ "Journey Has Just Begun, Says Record-holding Long Jumper Murali Sreeshankar". News18. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  14. ↑ "SGFI Long Jump - National Record to Sreeshankar M". Library Blog Kendriya Vidyalaya Kanjikode. KV Kanjikode. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  15. ↑ "AISSE 2015 Results KV Kanjikode". Library Kendriya Vidyalaya Kanjikode. KV Kanjikode.
  16. ↑ "AISSCE 2017 - RESULTS OF CLASS XII KV Kanjikode". Library KV Kanjikode. KV Kanjikode.
  17. ↑ "Longing to jump into international league". The New Indian Express. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

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