H. M. Jyothi
Hiriyur Manjunath Jyothi 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, 23.42, and 43.42 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, Jyothi is married to the former sprinter S. Srinivas, who is also her personal coach. 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 and mother Thippamma in Hiriyur, Karnataka, on 1 July 1983. She has four brothers and sisters, and is the family's second daughter.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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Bronze in the 200 metres with a time of 23.92 seconds at the 2016 Taiwan Open Athletics Championships
- Bronze in the 100 metres with a time of 11.97 seconds at the 2006 Inter-State Championship
- Gold in the 100 metres with a time of 11.87 seconds at the 2015 Inter-State Championship
- Best Athlete Award at the 2016 National Open Championship on winning gold in all three of her events
- Overall champion at the 2017 Karnataka State Senior Athletics Championship, with silver in the 200 metres with a time of 24.5 seconds
- She has won around forty medals from nationals and the internationals.
Awards
- Karnataka Olympics Association Award in Athletics in 2016
- Ekalavya Award in Athletics for 2010 from the government of Karnataka
- Rajothsava Award for Sports for 2010 from the government of Karnataka