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india triple jump channanikadu , kottayam , kerala , india 250px india 17.07 m -lrb- new delhi 2010 -rrb- 30 january 1986 renjith maheshwary by augustas didzgalvis.jpg renjith maheshwary
 renjith maheshwary
renjith maheshwary

`` 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 .
renjith maheshwary -lrb- born 30 january 1986 in kottayam , kerala -rrb- 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 , and the 2013 world championships but did not reach the final .
he represented india at the 2008 beijing olympics as well as in 2012 london olympics .
in 2012 london games renjith maheshwary 's dismal show , as in the last year 's world championships in daegu , committing 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 15.77 m. later , he tested positive for a stimulant but was let off with a three-month suspension .
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 .
renjith maheswary has won the gold medal in asian grand prix 2012 .
renjith is married to indian pole vaulter and national record holder v. s. surekha and they have a daughter , jhiya renjith .
on september 19 , 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 .
