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{{short description|Indian high jumper}}
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| birth_place = [[Jalpaiguri]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
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| sport = [[Track and field]]
| event = [[High jump]]
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| pb = outdoor: 2.25 m<br>(2004)
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'''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.<ref name="hindu_sep04">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/09/30/stories/2004093008842000.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041220232708/http://www.hindu.com/2004/09/30/stories/2004093008842000.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-12-20|title=Hari Shankar shatters national mark|date=2004-09-30|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=2009-09-19}}</ref><ref name="afio">{{cite web|url=http://www.indianathletics.org/isr.php|title=Official Website of Athletics Federation of India: NATIONAL RECORDS as on 21.3.2009|publisher=Athletics Federation of INDIA|accessdate=2009-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226044428/http://www.indianathletics.org/isr.php|archive-date=26 December 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career==
Harishankar was born 4 April 1986 in Dhupjhora, a village in [[Jalpaiguri district]] of [[West Bengal]]. In 2003, Harishankar participated in the 3rd [[IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics]] in [[Sherbrooke]], Canada. He was eliminated in the qualifying round after failing to clear 1.95 m.<ref name="hindu_jul03">{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/07/17/stories/2003071700892200.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125161858/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/07/17/stories/2003071700892200.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2013-01-25|title=Hari Shankar shatters national mark|date=2003-07-17|publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=2009-09-19}}</ref> In July 2004 during the 44th inter-state national athletics meet in [[Chennai]], he broke the 11-year-old national record in men’s high jump by clearing a height of 2.18 m. The previous mark of 2.17 m, set in 1993 in [[Bangalore]], stood in the name of [[Chander Pal Singh]] of [[Haryana]].<ref name="telegraph_jul04">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040720/asp/sports/story_3518022.asp|title=Hari Shankar ties for high jump record|date=2004-07-20|publisher=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]]|accessdate=2009-09-19}}</ref> In the same meet, [[Benedict Starly]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] also managed to clear 2.18 m, however, gold was awarded to Shankar Roy on the account of fewer number of attempts.<ref name="hindu_sep04b">{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/07/20/stories/2004072005922000.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126045415/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/07/20/stories/2004072005922000.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=26 January 2013|title=Hari Shankar, Benedict hog limelight|date=2004-07-20|publisher=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=2009-09-19}}</ref> On 28 September 2004, during the Asian All-Stars Athletic Championship in [[Singapore]], India's best high jumper broke his own National record with a height of 2.25 m to take the silver behind Hu Tong of [[China]].<ref name="hindu_sep04" /> In 2007, both Hari Shanakar and Benedict Starly sailed past a height of 2.14 m during the 33rd National Games, held in [[Guwahati]]. Yet again it was Roy who won the gold on the count-back.<ref name="hindu_feb07">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/13/stories/2007021303121900.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070214073921/http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/13/stories/2007021303121900.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-02-14|title=Hari Shankar flies high |date=2007-02-13|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=2009-09-19}}</ref>

He won the gold medal in the high jump at the [[Athletics at the 2010 South Asian Games|2010 South Asian Games]], clearing a height of 2.16 m.

On 10 Nov 2016, Roy's long standing record of 12 years was broken by 17-year-old boy [[Tejaswin Shankar]] at the National Jr athletics championships in Coimbatore.

==References==
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[[Category:1986 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian male high jumpers]]
[[Category:Bengali sportspeople]]
[[Category:People from Jalpaiguri district]]
[[Category:Athletes from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for India]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:South Asian Games gold medalists for India]]
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]
[[Category:South Asian Games medalists in athletics]]

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