Murali Sreeshankar (Athletics)
23-year-old Murali Sreeshankar made history on July 17, 2022 when he became the first Indian to qualify for the final of the men’s long jump at the World Championship. While Sreeshankar eventually finished seventh in the final, he still holds claim to the second-best outdoor jump in the world this season – a distance of ■.36m. That mark, recorded at the Federation Cup was the second time he had broken the national record. Sreeshankar had first broken the national mark when he cleared a distance of ■.26m in March last year to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.