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Sreeshankar was a state-level under-10 champion in 50m and 100m but switched from sprinting to long jump at the age of 13. He is coached by his father S. Murali who is a former triple jump athlete and silver medalist at the South Asian Games. His mother K. S. Bijimol had won silver medal in 800 metres at the 1992 Asian Junior Athletics Championships. His sister Sreeparvathy is a heptathlete.[1] As of August 2019, Sreeshankar is pursuing BS in mathematics at the Government Victoria College, Palakkad.

Sreeshankar is part of the Target Olympic Podium scheme started by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. He is sponsored by JSW Sports and supported by JSW's Inspire Institute of Sport in Bellary district, Karnataka.

In September 2018, Sreeshankar broke the national record at the National Open Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar where he achieved a jump of 8.20m. It was also the world leading jump of the season among under-20 athletes and made him the first Indian athlete to qualify for the 2019 World Athletics Championships scheduled to be held in September–October in Doha.

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