Personal information | |
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Full name | Hiriyur Manjunath Jyothi |
Nationality | India |
Born | [1]
[2]
[3] Hiriyur, Karnataka, India | 1 July 1983
Spouse | S. Srinivas [4] [5] |
Sport | |
Country | India |
Sport | Sprinter |
Event(s) | 100 metres, 200 metres, 4×100 metres relay |
Team | India |
Coached by | S. Srinivas [5] |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal bests | 100 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 |
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 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]
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]
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,