H. M. Jyothi
Indian sprinter (born 1983)
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Hiriyur Manjunath Jyothi (born 1 July 1983)[1][2][3] is an Indian sprinter and Commonwealth games medalist. She competes in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and 4×100 metres relay categories. She is a national champion or former national champion in each of the three events, with personal best timings of 11.3[5] (or 11.46[6]), 23.42,[7] and 43.42[8] seconds in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and 4×100 metres relay, respectively. Her personal best times in all three events were after her withdrawal from professional competition for three years to become a mother. A Canara Bank employee,[5] Jyothi is married to the former sprinter S. Srinivas, who is also her personal coach.[4] Despite wanting to win a medal at Asian games, she couldn’t continue sprint due to persistent achilles injury. She ended up her career in 2017 with a gold at the open nationals, Chennai.
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| Full name | Hiriyur Manjunath Jyothi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 July 1983[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | S. Srinivas[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Events | 100 metres, 200 metres, 4×100 metres relay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | S. Srinivas[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 100 m: 11.3[5] or 11.46[6] (Bengaluru 2015 or New Delhi 2016) 200 m: 23.42[7] (New Delhi 2016) 4×100 m relay: 43.42[8] (Almaty 2016) NR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
Career highlights
- Bronze in the 100 metres at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships in Guangzhou, China, with a time of 11.60 seconds, India's first sub-400 metres sprint medal in nine years in the Asian Athletics Championships[1]
- Bronze in the 4×100 metres relay at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi with a time of 45.25 seconds, running the anchor leg, along with Geetha Satti, Srabani Nanda and P. K. Priya[9][10][11][13]
- Broke the national record in the 4×100 metres relay in May 2016 with a time of 44.03 seconds at the IAAF World Challenge Beijing, with Merlin Joseph, Srabani Nanda, and Dutee Chand[6][8]
- Broke their own national record in the 4×100 metres relay the following month with a time of 43.42 seconds at Almaty, Kazakhstan, again with Merlin Joseph, Srabani Nanda, and Dutee Chand[8]
- Bronze in the 200 metres with a time of 23.92 seconds at the 2016 Taiwan Open Athletics Championships[14]
- Bronze in the 100 metres with a time of 11.97 seconds at the 2006 Inter-State Championship[15]
- Gold in the 100 metres with a time of 11.87 seconds at the 2015 Inter-State Championship[16]
- Best Athlete Award at the 2016 National Open Championship on winning gold in all three of her events (100 metres in 11.57 seconds, 200 metres in 23.73 seconds, and 4×100 metres relay in 46.52 seconds)[17][18][19]
- Overall champion at the 2017 Karnataka State Senior Athletics Championship, with silver in the 200 metres with a time of 24.5 seconds[20]
- She has won around forty medals from nationals and the internationals.
Awards
- Karnataka Olympics Association Award in Athletics in 2016[21]
- Ekalavya Award in Athletics for 2010 from the government of Karnataka[22][23]
- Rajothsava Award for Sports for 2010 from the government of Karnataka[24]
Sponsorship
Personal life
Jyothi married former sprinter S. Srinivas, who is also her personal coach.[4] In 2011, she withdrew from professional competition and gave birth to a baby girl, dhruthi hassini.[4][5][6] She credited her husband with helping her, saying in 2014 that "Being a former medalist at the Asian level he understands my problems. It was because of his help that I'm able to manage my training and taking care of my two-and-half-year old daughter."[4] Post retirement the couple also been blessed with a b. t,
