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[4] (or 11.46[5]), 23.42,[6] and 43.42[7] 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,[4] Jyothi is married to the former sprinter S. Srinivas, who is also her personal coach.[8][9] 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.
Early life
Jyothi was born to father H. N. Manjunath[10] and mother Thippamma[10] in Hiriyur, Karnataka (near Chitradurga), on 1 July 1983.[1][2][3] She has four brothers and sisters, and is the family's second daughter.[10]
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[11][12][13][14]
- 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[5][7]
- 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[7]
- Bronze in the 200 metres with a time of 23.92 seconds at the 2016 Taiwan Open Athletics Championships[15]
- Bronze in the 100 metres with a time of 11.97 seconds at the 2006 Inter-State Championship[16]
- Gold in the 100 metres with a time of 11.87 seconds at the 2015 Inter-State Championship[17]
- 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)[18][19][20]
- Overall champion at the 2017 Karnataka State Senior Athletics Championship, with silver in the 200 metres with a time of 24.5 seconds[21]
- She has won around forty medals from nationals and the internationals.
Awards
- Karnataka Olympics Association Award in Athletics in 2016[22]
- Ekalavya Award in Athletics for 2010 from the government of Karnataka[23][24]
- Rajothsava Award for Sports for 2010 from the government of Karnataka[25]
Sponsorship
Jyothi has been strongly supported by her parents, who have undergone great financial hardship to finance her ambitions.[10] She has also received sponsorship from her employer, Canara Bank, since 2004, and also receives sponsorship from the Indian Athletics Academy, Bangalore.[26]
Personal life
Jyothi married former sprinter S. Srinivas, who is also her personal coach.[8][9] In 2011, she withdrew from professional competition and gave birth to a baby girl, dhruthi hassini.[8][9][4][5] Jyothi returned to sprinting at the 2014 Senior Inter-State Meet,Template:Citation needed and also participated at the 2014 Commonwealth Games[8] and 2014 Asian Games.Template:Citation needed 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."[9] Post retirement the couple also been blessed with a b. t,
References
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- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 4×100 relay national record broken but Rio 2016 Olympics remains distant dream(19 May 2016).
- ↑ Srabani bests Dutee for 200m gold, Srinivasan, Kamesh(1 May 2016).
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 India's 4x100m women's relay team sets national record in Kazakhstan National Athletics Championships(5 July 2016).
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 India's 4x100m relay women team aiming to win a medal at CWG(19 July 2014).
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Jyothi targets podium finish at CWG, Cyriaci, Biju Babu(17 July 2014).
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Encouraging a star shine its light, Rozindar, Firoz(23 October 2010).
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedC2010SMH - ↑ Small-town talent give Indian athletics a high in 2010. The Indian Express(27 December 2010). Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ↑ Dutee Chand Bags Another Gold But Still in Search of Rio Olympics Berth(20 May 2016).
- ↑ Indian 400m Hurdles record broken, Ram, Murali Krishnan. IAAF(3 November 2006).
- ↑ Inderjeet provides a fitting climax; Jyothi wins 100M, Chennai, Rajeev K.(14 July 2015).
- ↑ Malkit Singh makes a winning return(1 October 2016).
- ↑ Jyothi, Khyati light up final day(1 October 2016).
- ↑ Jyothi and Sanjeet fastest runners in National Open Athletics(28 September 2016).
- ↑ Alva's emerge champions(7 September 2017).
- ↑ KOA honour for Chikkarangappa, Jyothi; awards function on Monday(25 December 2016).
- ↑ Ekalavya awards presented(30 August 2011).
- ↑ Uthappa, Jyothi among Ekalavya awardees(25 August 2011).
- ↑ ರಾಜ್ಯೋತ್ಸವ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಪಟ್ಟಿ 1966 ರಿಂದ – 2015 ರವರೆಗೆ. Kannada Siri.
- ↑ HM Jyothi – Home, Jyothi, H. M.. Facebook(6 September 2017).