Renjith Maheshwary

{{short description|Indian triple jumper}}

{{hatnote|In this Indian name, the name Maheshwary is a matronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Renjith.}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| image = Renjith Maheshwary by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg

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| name = Renjith Maheśwary

| nationality = Indian

| event = Triple Jump

| club =

| collegeteam =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|01|30}}

| birth_place = Channanikadu, Kottayam, Kerala, India

| country = India

| pb = 17.30 m NR (Bangalore 2016)

| medaltemplates=

{{Medal|Sport | Men's athletics}}

{{Medal|Country | {{IND}} }}

{{Medal|Competition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2010 Delhi|Triple jump}}

{{Medal|Competition|Asian Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold| 2007 Amman|Triple jump}}

{{Medal|Silver| 2013 Pune|Triple jump}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Indoor Championships}}

{{Medal|Silver|2016 Doha|Triple jump}}

{{Medal|Competition|South Asian Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|2016 Guwahati|Triple Jump}}

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Renjith Maheśwary (born 30 January 1986 in Kottayam, Kerala) is an Indian triple jumper. He finished fourth at the 2006 Asian Games and won the 2007 Asian Championships. He also competed at the 2007 World Championships, the 2011 World Championships and the 2013 World Championships but did not reach the final in any of those events. He represented India at the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as in 2012 London Olympics. At the 2012 London Games as at the World Championships in Daegu, he committed three consecutive foul jumps at the qualifying stage, stopped his Olympic campaign. Renjith, had performed badly at the Beijing Olympics too, where he came up with a best of 15.77m. Later, he tested positive for a stimulant but was let off with a three-month suspension.{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/london-olympics-2012/news/Foul-end-to-Renjith-Maheshwarys-Olympic-campaign/articleshow/15397541.cms |title=Foul end to Renjith Maheshwary's Olympic campaign |website=The Times of India |accessdate=2012-08-07}}

File:XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi (Athletics Men’s Triple Jump) Renjith Maheswary of India won the Bronze Medal, at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in New Delhi on October 12, 2010.jpg

With a jump of 17.07 metres at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Renjith held the Indian national record till 2014, when it was beaten by Arpinder Singh.{{cite news |title= Arpinder Singh jumps to glory |url= http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/arpinder-singh-jumps-to-glory/article6094931.ece |newspaper= The Hindu |date= 8 June 2014 |accessdate= 23 July 2014}} Now Renjith made a new Indian record of 17.30 m in Indian grand prix meet at Bengaluru on 11 July 2016

Renjith Maheswary has won the gold medal in Asian Grand Prix 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/article3419440.ece |title=Renjith Maheswary |website=The Hindu |date=15 May 2012 |accessdate=2012-05-15}}

Renjith is married to Indian pole vaulter and National record holder V. S. Surekha and they have two daughters, Jhiya and Sparsha Renjith.{{cite news|url=http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Couple+rewrite+meet+records&artid=xXhBVNueyq0=&SectionID=Aw%7Cqo8JJkxA=&MainSectionID=b7ziAYMenjw=&SectionName=%7C%7CWM0BI9WGM=&SEO=K%20Sowjanya,%20VS%20Surekha,%20Renjith%20Maheswary,%20S%20Srees#|title=Couple rewrite meet records|date=2009-10-24|newspaper=The New Indian Express|accessdate=2009-10-25}}

On 19 September 2013, Sports Ministry of India announced that he would not be given Arjuna Award over the allegations of doping pending against him. Earlier his name figured among the list of Arjuna Awardees for 2013.{{cite web|title=Athlete Renjith Maheshwary stripped of Arjuna Award|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2013/09/athlete-renjith-maheshwary-stripped-of-arjuna-award/|accessdate=19 September 2013}}