Personal information | |
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Full name | Hari Shankar Roy |
Nationality | Indian |
Born | Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India | 4 April 1986
Sport | |
Country | India |
Sport | Track and field |
Event | High jump |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | outdoor: 2.25 m (2004) |
Updated on 19 September 2009 |
Hari Shankar Roy (born 4 April 1986) is an Indian track and field athlete from West Bengal who specialises in the high jump. He held the previous national record of 2.25 metres (7 ft 4.58 in) set on 28 September 2004 in Singapore during the Asian All-Stars Athletic Championship. Which was broken by Tejaswin Shankar on 10 November 2016 in Coimbatore at the National Jr athletics championships, as a 17 year old.[1][2]