Bio/Wiki
| Nickname | TJ |
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Physical Stats & More
| Height | 6'4" |
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| Weight | 80 kg |
| Eye Color | Black |
| Hair Color | Black |
Educational Qualification(s)
| College/University | Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States |
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| Educational Qualification | A graduation degree in business administration |
Personal Life
| Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
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| Ethnicity | Tamilian |
| School | Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, New Delhi |
Relationships & More
| Marital Status | Unmarried |
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| Affair/Girlfriend | Siddhi Hiray (track and field athlete) |
Family
| Father | Hari Shankar (lawyer, died of blood cancer in 2014) |
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| Mother | Lakshmi Shankar (lawyer) |
| Siblings | Sister - Avantika Shankar |
Career
| International Debut | Commonwealth Youth Games, Apia, Samoa |
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| Event | High Jump |
| Coach(es) | • Sunil Kumar • Cliff Rovelto • Nallusamy Annavi |
| Records (main ones) | • 2015: Games record of 2.14 metres at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games in Apia, Samoa • 2016: National senior record with a jump of 2.26m at the Junior National Championship in Coimbatore in November 2016, breaking the previous record of Hari Shankar Roy of 2.25m in the Asian All-Star Athletics meet in Singapore in 2004 • 2016: National record of boy's U18 high jump at 32nd National Junior Athletics Championship in 2016 with a mark of 2.26m • 2018: Indoor national record with a mark of 2.18 metres in January 2018 at the Big 12 Indoor Championship, Ames, Iowa • 2018: High jump national record of jumping 2.29m at the Texas Tech Corky-Crofoot Shootout Athletics Meet, US • 2022: National Record of 2.28m at the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championship 2022 in February 2022 in Ames, Iowa • 2023: Broke the national decathlon record of 7658 points set by Bharatinder Singh with a total score of 7666 points at the Asian Games |
| Medal(s) | Gold • 2014: CBSE National Athletics Championship, Varanasi • 2015: Commonwealth Youth Games, Apia, Samoa • 2017: Senior National Open Athletics Championship, Lucknow • 2018: 22nd Federation Cup Indian Championship in Patiala • 2021: Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championship, Manhattan Silver • 2016: South Asian Games, Guwahati • 2023: Asian Games, Hangzhou, China Bronze • 2014: Inter-school National Championship, Ranchi • 2018: Big 12 Indoor Championship, Ames, Iowa • 2022: Commonwealth Games, Birmingham Award(s) • 2022: NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Award at NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship, US • 2022: Triangular Jumper High Point Award, US |
Favourites
| Sport | Cricket |
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| High Jumper | Derek Drouin |
| Cricketer(s) | Virender Sehwag and Virat Kohli |
Some Lesser Known Facts
| Tejaswin Shankar is an Indian high jump athlete and an accountant. | |
| He set a new national record of 2.26 meters in high jump in November 2016. | |
| Tejaswin won a bronze medal by jumping 2.22 meters at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. | |
| He is the first Indian to secure a high jump medal at the Commonwealth Games. | |
| During his childhood, Tejaswin aimed to be a cricketer and drew inspiration from bowlers like Wasim Akram and Mohammad Amir. | |
| His father, a lawyer, initially disapproved of his athletics passion and preferred him to study law. | |
| Tejaswin clinched the national senior high jump record in 2016 at the Junior National Championship. | |
| Tejaswin became the second Indian to win two NCAA Championships in high jump. | |
| In 2016, he faced a setback with a slipped disc, which left him bedridden for six months. | |
| He took part in the West Regional Championship in 2019 in California. | |
| Tejaswin competed in the World Athletics Championship in Eugene, Oregon in June 2022, recording a jump of 2.27 meters. | |
| In 2023, he won silver in the men's decathlon at the Asian Games with 7666 points, India's first medal in the event since 1974. |