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Indian sprinter (born 1983) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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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] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 metres, 200 metres, 4×100 metres relay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | S. Srinivas[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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,
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