Tejaswin Shankar

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tejaswin Shankar
Occupation	Athletics Competitor
Date Of Birth	Dec 21, 1998(1998-12-21)
Age	26
Birthplace	Delhi
Country	India
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Tejaswin Shankar Biography

Tejaswin Shankar is one of the most popular and richest Athletics Competitor who was born on December 21, 1998 in Delhi, India. Shankar was born on December 21, 1998 in Delhi to the family of a Tamil family. Shankar is from Saket in South Delhi. He attended the Sardar Patel Vidyalaya in New Delhi, where he played cricket up to eighth grade when his teacher in physical education advised him to switch to high jump. Soon after, he began winning medals in inter-school athletics events. His father Harishankar was a lawyer. He passed away from cancer of the blood in 2014.

Shankar has been awarded a four-year sports scholarship to Kansas State University in 2017 where he is studying business administration.

In January 2018, Shankar broke Roy’s indoor national record with a mark of 2.18 metres, and then bettered it by a centimetre the same month. In February, he further improved on his indoor record with a 2.28 metres leap at the Big 12 Indoor Athletics Championships in Ames.

At 17 years old, Shankar rose to prominence after Shankar overcame Hari Shankar Roy’s record for the nation at 12 of 2.25 meters by jumping of 2.26 meters at the Junior National Championships in Coimbatore in November of 2016. Shankar was the third highest IAAF junior high-jumper of the world in that year. He was in bed for six months in the year 2017 after a disc slipped.

Tejaswin Shankar Net Worth

Tejaswin Shankar is one of the richest Athletics Competitor from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tejaswin Shankar 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Tejaswin Shankar (born 21 December 1998) is an Indian athlete who participates in the high jump competition. He holds the nation’s high jump record of 2.29 meters set in April, 2018.

Shankar was awarded his gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Youth Games in Apia Shankar, setting an Apia Commonwealth Youth Games Games record with a leap of 2.14 meters. He was awarded bronze during the 2016 South Asian Games in Guwahati, with a jump of 2.17 meters. Due to a groin strain He finished in sixth place in the Asian Junior Championships and missed the 2016 World Junior Championships.

Shankar finished sixth at the 2018 Commonwealth Games during qualification for the games Shankar bettered his own national record by jumping 2.28 metres at the 22nd Federation Cup Indian Championships in Patiala in March 2018. It was the joint-best performance to qualify for the Commonwealth Games. He further broke his national record by another centimeter representing K-State athletics, jumping 2.29m in April 2018 at the Texas tech invite.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Tejaswin Shankar height 6 ft 4 in Tejaswin weight 80 kg & body measurements will update soon.

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Facts & Trivia

Tejaswin Ranked on the list of most popular Athletics Competitor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Tejaswin Shankar celebrates birthday on December 21 of every year.

Top Facts about Tejaswin Shankar

1. Tejaswin Shankar is an Indian high jumper.
2. He was born on December 29, 1998.
3. Shankar holds the national record in high jump (2.29m).
4. He won gold at the Asian Athletics Championships in 2019.
5. Shankar competed for Kansas State University in college.
6. In 2018, he won the NCAA indoor championship title.
7. Shankar has a personal best of 2.33m in high jump.
8. He was awarded the Arjuna Award by the Indian government in 2020.
9. Shankar aims to compete at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
10. He is considered one of India’s top track and field athletes.