H. M. Jyothi

H. M. Jyothi
photo by Sritata, 2016
Personal information
Full nameHiriyur Manjunath Jyothi
Nationality India
Born (1983-07-01) 1 July 1983 (age 41)[1][2][3]
Hiriyur, Karnataka, India
SpouseS. Srinivas[4][5]
Sport
Country India
SportSprinter
Event(s)100 metres, 200 metres, 4×100 metres relay
TeamIndia
Coached byS. Srinivas[5]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests100 m: 11.3[6] or 11.46[7]
(Bengaluru 2015 or New Delhi 2016)
200 m: 23.42[8]
(New Delhi 2016)
4×100 m relay: 43.42[9]
(Almaty 2016) NR
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  India
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Delhi 4×100 m relay[10][11][12]
Asian Athletics Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Guangzhou 100 m[1]
Asian All Stars Meet
Gold medal – first place 2008 Bhopal 100 m[3]

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[6] (or 11.46[7]), 23.42,[8] and 43.42[9] 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,[6] Jyothi is married to the former sprinter S. Srinivas, who is also her personal coach.[4][5] 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.

Jyothi in practice

Early life

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Jyothi was born to father H. N. Manjunath[13] and mother Thippamma[13] 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.[13]

Career highlights

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  • 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[10][11][12]
  • 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[7][9]
  • 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[9]
  • 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

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Jyothi warming up during 2016 national championships

Sponsorship

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Jyothi has been strongly supported by her parents, who have undergone great financial hardship to finance her ambitions.[13] She has also received sponsorship from her employer, Canara Bank, since 2004, and also receives sponsorship from the Indian Athletics Academy, Bangalore.[25]

Personal life

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Jyothi married former sprinter S. Srinivas, who is also her personal coach.[4][5] In 2011, she withdrew from professional competition and gave birth to a baby girl, dhruthi hassini.[4][5][6][7] Jyothi returned to sprinting at the 2014 Senior Inter-State Meet,[citation needed] and also participated at the 2014 Commonwealth Games[4] and 2014 Asian Games.[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."[5] Post retirement the couple also been blessed with a b. t,

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "VXIII Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 100m Final". 11 November 2009. Archived from the original on 14 November 2009. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "HM Jyothi". Athletics Federation of India. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d "2nd Asian All Star Athletics Competition – 2008". Asian Athletics Association. 18 September 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e "India's 4x100m relay women team aiming to win a medal at CWG". Zee News. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Cyriaci, Biju Babu (17 July 2014). "Jyothi targets podium finish at CWG". India Times. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  6. ^ a b c d "Jyothi turns back the clock". The Hindu. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d "4×100 relay national record broken but Rio 2016 Olympics remains distant dream". The Indian Express. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  8. ^ a b Srinivasan, Kamesh (1 May 2016). "Srabani bests Dutee for 200m gold". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  9. ^ a b c d "India's 4x100m women's relay team sets national record in Kazakhstan National Athletics Championships". Daily News & Analysis. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  10. ^ a b "Detailed Schedule – Athletics". 2010 Commonwealth Games official website. 12 October 2010. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  11. ^ a b "Athletics – Commonwealth Games – 2010 – Results Women". TheSports.org. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  12. ^ a b "Commonwealth Games 2010 – Athletics – Women's 4 x 100m Relay". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 October 2010. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  13. ^ a b c d Rozindar, Firoz (23 October 2010). "Encouraging a star shine its light". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  14. ^ "Dutee Chand Bags Another Gold But Still in Search of Rio Olympics Berth". NDTV. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  15. ^ Ram, Murali Krishnan (3 November 2006). "Indian 400m Hurdles record broken". IAAF. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  16. ^ Chennai, Rajeev K. (14 July 2015). "Inderjeet provides a fitting climax; Jyothi wins 100M". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  17. ^ "Malkit Singh makes a winning return". The Hindu. 1 October 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  18. ^ "Jyothi, Khyati light up final day". Deccan Herald. 1 October 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  19. ^ Chandigarh (28 September 2016). "Jyothi and Sanjeet fastest runners in National Open Athletics". WebIndia123. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  20. ^ "Alva's emerge champions". Deccan Herald. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  21. ^ "KOA honour for Chikkarangappa, Jyothi; awards function on Monday". Deccan Herald. 25 December 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  22. ^ "Ekalavya awards presented". The Hindu. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  23. ^ "Uthappa, Jyothi among Ekalavya awardees". Deccan Herald. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  24. ^ "ರಾಜ್ಯೋತ್ಸವ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಪಟ್ಟಿ 1966 ರಿಂದ – 2015 ರವರೆಗೆ" (PDF). Kannada Siri. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  25. ^ Jyothi, H. M. (6 September 2017). "HM Jyothi – Home". Facebook.
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