Ankit Sharma is an Indian track and field athlete who competes in the long jump. He is among the male long jumpers from India who have represented the country in international athletics competitions.
| Name | Ankit Sharma |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Indian |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Discipline | Long jump |
| Gender | Male |
Sharma is associated with Indian athletics, a discipline administered nationally by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI). The long jump is one of the horizontal jumping events in track and field, in which athletes sprint along a runway and leap into a sand pit, with the distance measured from a take-off board.
As a long jumper, Sharma has taken part in domestic Indian athletics meets and has been recognised among Indian sportspersons competing in field events. Indian long jumpers typically progress through state and national championships organised under the AFI before being considered for selection to multi-sport events such as the Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and South Asian Games, as well as continental and world athletics meets.
Sharma's career forms part of the wider development of horizontal jumps in Indian athletics, a field in which India has produced internationally competitive performers over recent decades. Long jump remains one of the field events in which Indian athletes have regularly featured at the Asian level.